Behavior Medication

Frontline: Medicating Kids - A one hour documentary which examines the dramatic increase in the prescription of behavior-modifying drugs for children.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/medicating/

Salon News: P is for Prozac - How a government corrupted by special interests is spawning a generation of medicated preschoolers. <small>(March 21, 2000)</small>
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/03/21/prozac

NYTimes.com - Schools' Backing of Behavior Drugs Comes Under Fire - State legislatures are moving to prevent schools from recommending or requiring that parents put their children on behavior medication. This comes at a time when many drug manufacturers are encouraging parents to consider their products as possible solutions to school problems. [Requires free NYTimes.com registration to view.] <small>(August 19, 2001)</small>
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/19/health/children/19RITA.html

Psychiatric News: Charges of Overdiagnsis, Overmedication of ADHD Are Exaggerated, Study Shows - Summarizes an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). <small>(May 1, 1998)</small>
http://www.psych.org/pnews/98-05-01/adhd.html

AbleChild - An organization that works against the labeling and medicating of children. Provides information regarding the subjective labels and the risks associated with drug treatment.
http://www.ablechild.org/