The medicated child, a Frontline co-production with RainMedia, Inc
Type
Label
The medicated child, a Frontline co-production with RainMedia, Inc
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not Rated
Main title
The medicated child
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
213098646
Responsibility statement
a Frontline co-production with RainMedia, Inc
Runtime
60
Series statement
PBSFrontline
Summary
In recent years, there's been a dramatic increase in the number of children being diagnosed with serious psychiatric disorders and prescribed medications that are just beginning to be tested in children. The drugs can cause serious side effects, and virtually nothing is known about their long-term impact. "It's really to some extent an experiment, trying medications in these children of this age," child psychiatrist Dr. Patrick Bacon tells FRONTLINE. "It's a gamble. And I tell parents there's no way to know what's going to work."
Table Of Contents
1. What is going on? -- 2. DJ's story -- 3. The debate and confusion over diagnosing bipolar -- 4. Jessica's story -- 5. The lack of data: what works? What's safe? -- 6. The medication dilemma -- 7. Solutions to the lack of knowledge -- 8. Updates on the stories
Technique
live action
Contributor
Subject
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor7
- Genre2
- Subject5
- Is Part Of2
- Mapped to1