Doing an About-Face on ‘Overmedicated’ Children
Six years ago, journalist Judith Warner happily landed a book contract to explore and document the overmedication of American youth.
After completing her research, Ms. Warner writes with the passion of a new convert: “A couple of simple truths have become clear…. That the suffering of children with mental health issues (and their parents) is very real. That almost no parent takes the issue of psychiatric diagnosis lightly or rushes to ‘drug’ his or her child; and that responsible child psychiatrists don’t, either. And that many children’s lives are essentially saved by medication, particularly when it’s combined with evidence-based forms of therapy.”
