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<blockquote data-quote="MyFriendKita" data-source="post: 158376" data-attributes="member: 4888"><p>What I took from the article is the idea that by medicating our kids, we're taking a shortcut in trying to improve their behavior, one that will work only for the short term. Whereas if we would just take the time to listen to them and learn more about why they behave the way they do, we could teach them better ways to cope other than acting out, and they wouldn't behave in ways that are unacceptable to us and the rest of society.</p><p> </p><p>Which would be great, except I don't think it's realistic. While I agree that a kid with a psychiatric diagnosis should be in therapy to help him learn how to live with his illness, I don't agree that therapy can take the place of medication. The analogy of a diabetic is used frequently on this board, and I think it applies here. A child diagnosis with diabetes should undergo counseling to help him learn how to live with his illness, but we wouldn't expect that counseling to take the place of insulin. </p><p> </p><p>I'm not sure why there's such a stigma about medicating mental illness. We don't expect those suffering from any other kind of illness to overcome their illness just by changing their behavior, but we seem to think that will work with mental illnesses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MyFriendKita, post: 158376, member: 4888"] What I took from the article is the idea that by medicating our kids, we're taking a shortcut in trying to improve their behavior, one that will work only for the short term. Whereas if we would just take the time to listen to them and learn more about why they behave the way they do, we could teach them better ways to cope other than acting out, and they wouldn't behave in ways that are unacceptable to us and the rest of society. Which would be great, except I don't think it's realistic. While I agree that a kid with a psychiatric diagnosis should be in therapy to help him learn how to live with his illness, I don't agree that therapy can take the place of medication. The analogy of a diabetic is used frequently on this board, and I think it applies here. A child diagnosis with diabetes should undergo counseling to help him learn how to live with his illness, but we wouldn't expect that counseling to take the place of insulin. I'm not sure why there's such a stigma about medicating mental illness. We don't expect those suffering from any other kind of illness to overcome their illness just by changing their behavior, but we seem to think that will work with mental illnesses. [/QUOTE]
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