New York Post
By SUSAN EDELMAN
Alarmed at the growing use of psychiatric drugs for children, a key New York lawmaker wants to set up regional centers to advise pediatricians on treating kids’ mental and emotional problems.
State Sen. Thomas Morahan (R-Rockland County) will present a bill to the Mental Health Committee Wednesday to create at least three [...]
March 9, 2008
TYKE-PSYCH PUSH
March 9, 2008
People with dementia getting drugged rather than helped – Reliance on antipsychotics, especially at nursing homes, is under fire.
Star Tribune
By WARREN WOLFE
It’s hard to believe when you meet the vibrant 94-year-old Meta Miller today. But then her daughter Carol Johnson begins describing just how bad it got as she struggled to manage her mom’s dementia at home for seven weeks before Thanksgiving in 2006.
“She would roam the house all night with her cane, [...]
