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Unplug - Don't Drug
Policy: are we drugging TV and videogame
addictions?
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The past decade has seen an
epic explosion in technology, with childhood TV and
videogame addictions now reaching epidemic proportions.
Diagnosis of physical, mental and social disorders in
children continue to rise at alarming rates, often
accompanied by prescription of psychotropic (mind
altering) medications. While research into correlations
between these two trends is inconclusive and requires
further investigation, health and education
professionals should develop policies that ensure TV and
videogame addictions in children are addressed, prior to
diagnosis and medication.
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| Drugging Kids to Keep Them Quiet |
This stunning news report finds that children, even
toddlers as young as 2, are being given powerful
psychotropic drugs in order to manage their behavior.
Are these children being drugged because it is cheaper
and easier than providing real care -- and because the
practice is very lucrative for the pharmaceutical
companies? Click here
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| The Tragic Consequences of Drugging Our
Children |
The number of prescriptions for psychotropic drugs
for children has more than doubled between 1995 and
2000. This revealing documentary by Gary Null details
the devastating consequences of this excessive
medicating of our children with mind-altering
drugs. The film focuses on children who have been
diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD), even though evidence to verify such a diagnosis
is lacking. Instead, kids are often labeled with
ADHD simply for acting like kids: fidgeting, speaking
out of turn, not wanting to sit still, and being
hyper. Click here
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ADHD drug linked to suicide attempts: Health
Canada
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| Social Skills and The
Flickering Screen |
by Elsje de Boer, Lawyer and Foster
ParentIt is nearing twelve noon, a
bright, cool spring day. Their morning assignments
completed, the ten students aged eight to twelve who do
their lessons around my extra-large kitchen table
explode out of the house for their lunch break. All of
them have learning problems, several of them have
behavior problems, and none of them fit in with the
other kids in school. Click here
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| Cris Rowan |
Cris Rowan is a
Pediatric Occupational Therapist, author, speaker and
champion of easing the job of learning for all children.
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