Reflections About Classical Adlerian Depth Psychotherapy: Theory, Practice, and Life: Medication vs Therapy for Children

Reflections About Classical Adlerian Depth Psychotherapy: Theory, Practice, and Life

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Sunday, June 26, 2011

Medication vs Therapy for Children

Another dangerous trend in medication! In a Newsweek article (6/27/11), "Mommy, Am I really Bipolar?," Dr. Stuart Kaplan, M.D. warns us of the recent trend of prescribing adult medications for very young childen. These drugs have no known effectiveness for children and plenty of known dangers. Side effects can include fatal damage to many organs.

Many of the observed symptoms that are being treated with drugs might be purposeful behavior that needs to be understood and corrected with psychotherapy.