Archive for the ‘Mental Health’ Category

The PBS show Frontline recently aired a show on the Medicated Child (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/medicatedchild/).  The focus was on children medicated for AD/HD and bipolar disorder.  In interviews with parents and physicians, the show looked at the increasing tendency to medicate even young children for behavior-related disorders. 
 
A question often arises about whether there really are so […]

The American School Health Association welcomes you to our blog. The purpose of the blog is to provide an opportunity for dialogue on health and safety-related issues that affect children and youth in grades pre-k through 12. Just as the American School Health Association is a multidisciplinary organization, this blog can bring to bear on […]