http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2009/01/26/part-1674000-on-why-its-shite-to-prescribe-psych-meds-to-kids/ A blog about mental health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:55:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2009/01/26/part-1674000-on-why-its-shite-to-prescribe-psych-meds-to-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-4384 Geoff Thu, 14 May 2009 03:01:33 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/?p=2647#comment-4384 This is an EXTREMELY rare side effect -- and a short-lived one. Kids die from aspirin every year. Show some perspective and stop sensationalizing. This is an EXTREMELY rare side effect — and a short-lived one. Kids die from aspirin every year. Show some perspective and stop sensationalizing.

]]> http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2009/01/26/part-1674000-on-why-its-shite-to-prescribe-psych-meds-to-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-4383 Joe Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:06:45 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/?p=2647#comment-4383 I hate to imagine the following scenario but it has likely happened - A child experiences ADHD medication related "psychosis or mania." The prescriber fails to associate these side effects with the ADHD drug and consequently prescribes an additional medication, perhaps an anti-psychotic. Of course, the child is now further burdened with another diagnosis, another medication, another set of side effects, another label, and the indignity of being "treated" for an illness that he or she does not actually have. I hate to imagine the following scenario but it has likely happened – A child experiences ADHD medication related “psychosis or mania.” The prescriber fails to associate these side effects with the ADHD drug and consequently prescribes an additional medication, perhaps an anti-psychotic. Of course, the child is now further burdened with another diagnosis, another medication, another set of side effects, another label, and the indignity of being “treated” for an illness that he or she does not actually have.

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