September 05, 2008
5 Percent Of American Kids Taking Psych Meds
New data out from the CDC shows that 5.1 percent of American kids are now taking medications for various mental health diagnoses. Approximately twice as many boys as girls are on meds (6.6 percent versus 3.4 percent). Most of the diagnoses are for ADHD. It's not clear to me from the CDC's report how much of a change this was from previous years.
Posted by Philip Dawdy at September 5, 2008 12:05 AM
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This is so alarming! 5.1% of children? I feel there is a new generation that is going to be completely lost to ill-effects of these harsh mind-altering chemicals, and I cannot imagine in another few years what the stats will be now that antipsychotics are being dosed out to kids at age 10 thanks to the FDA!
Anyone reading this with children should watch the PBS program (free online) "The Medicated Child".
