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NYT Article--Debate over Children and Psychiatric
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<blockquote data-quote="Fran" data-source="post: 18528" data-attributes="member: 3"><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The diagnosis is made with no understanding of the context of their life, Dr. van der Kolk said. Then theyre put on these devastating medications and condemned to a life as a psychiatry patient.</div></div></p><p></p><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"></p><p>Parents very often want a quick fix, Dr. Carlson said, and doctors rarely have much time to spend with them, and the great appeal of prescribing a medication is that its simple. </div></div></p><p></p><p>Pepperidge, I think your point is well taken. Everyone is trying to do the best we can with limits to research and knowledge but the above quotes are so inflammatory as to make me want to knock both upside their heads. One has reinforced "condemned to a life as psychiatry patient" that these diagnosis are something that will devastate your family and your child's life. How many people will avoid any sort of diagnosis because of the fear of being condemned. Sorry my kid isn't condemned. How dare he reinforce that sort of ignorance and stereotype. Is your child condemned to a life as a diabetic or asthmatic. </p><p>We are all struggling to find a way to make this kid have a life against horrid odds and ignorance like the above shouldn't be spewed by a physician.</p><p>Parents looking for a quick fix? Really? Don't we want some help to understand our young child? Some direction? Some Treatment plan? Some help from educators,physicians and anyone else we can find to help our kids?</p><p></p><p>I don't know about anyone else but we have had a quick fix going on 18yrs now. </p><p></p><p>The push has got to be a standard of care and treatment that every other specialty diagnosis has. Everyone is still doing their own thing in the course of treating kids behavioral problems. </p><p></p><p>I'd like to condemn and give a quick fix to both of these two. </p><p> :grrr:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fran, post: 18528, member: 3"] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The diagnosis is made with no understanding of the context of their life, Dr. van der Kolk said. Then theyre put on these devastating medications and condemned to a life as a psychiatry patient.</div></div> <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Parents very often want a quick fix, Dr. Carlson said, and doctors rarely have much time to spend with them, and the great appeal of prescribing a medication is that its simple. </div></div> Pepperidge, I think your point is well taken. Everyone is trying to do the best we can with limits to research and knowledge but the above quotes are so inflammatory as to make me want to knock both upside their heads. One has reinforced "condemned to a life as psychiatry patient" that these diagnosis are something that will devastate your family and your child's life. How many people will avoid any sort of diagnosis because of the fear of being condemned. Sorry my kid isn't condemned. How dare he reinforce that sort of ignorance and stereotype. Is your child condemned to a life as a diabetic or asthmatic. We are all struggling to find a way to make this kid have a life against horrid odds and ignorance like the above shouldn't be spewed by a physician. Parents looking for a quick fix? Really? Don't we want some help to understand our young child? Some direction? Some Treatment plan? Some help from educators,physicians and anyone else we can find to help our kids? I don't know about anyone else but we have had a quick fix going on 18yrs now. The push has got to be a standard of care and treatment that every other specialty diagnosis has. Everyone is still doing their own thing in the course of treating kids behavioral problems. I'd like to condemn and give a quick fix to both of these two. [img]:grrr:[/img] [/QUOTE]
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