| 1. | Frontline: Medicating Kids | | | A one hour documentary which examines the dramatic increase in the prescription of behavior-modifying drugs for children.
www.pbs.org |
| 5. | Drugged Obedience in the School | | | Summarizes how various narcotics increase and decrease sensory attention and motor activity, and argues that medicating children to get satisfactory behavior is the wrong approach for a number of reasons.
www.keirsey.com |
| 7. | Connecticut Bars Schools from Suggesting Drugs for Kids | | | A new Connecticut law prohibits schools from suggesting that children with attention deficit disorder be put on Ritalin or other mood-altering drugs amid concerns kids are over-medicated. Diane Orson reports on Morning Edition, from NPR. Realaudio format. 3:53 in length.
www.npr.org |
| 8. | No More Ritalin | | | Book by Dr. Mary Ann Block covering the use of Ritalin and a non-drug approach to treating children diagnosed with ADHD.
www.blockcenter.com |
| 9. | Ritalin and ADD/ADHD. | | | Information on the use of Ritalin on school children; side effects and evidence of over-medication; tips for parents on how to tell if their child needs Ritalin and how they can help their child handle the symptoms for which they have been prescribed the drug.
www.scn.org |
| 10. | ADHD and Medication | | | Balanced information on the proper use of Ritalin in individuals who might have attention deficit disorder.
www.baltimorepsych.com |
| 13. | The Great A.D.D. Hoax | | | Attention deficit disorder is a hoax in that there is no such mental disorder to diagnose and treat. Children labled as ADD are normal. They differ from what is expected of them in that they are of the Artisan (SP) temperament, and ADD reflects a medical bias against this personality type.
keirsey.com |
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