What do you think about toddlers being administered psychotropic medication?

Question

Medco Health Solutions Inc. reports the number of children taking antipsychotic medicines soared 73 percent in the four years ending in 2005, far outpacing the increase in adults.....What do the people think of this?

Answer 1

It's rediculous! People are sublimenting their bad parenting skills with drugs, and that is not right. People need to learn how do properly disapline their children and set clear boundaries. Without boundaries, how is the child supposed to know how to act? Of course they are acting crazy if the parents aren't disaplining their bad behaviors. What is this world comming to!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I used to be a teacher in a toddler preschool classroom. I had one student that showed all the signs of anxiety and depression and that was really wierd to me because I didn't know that a two year old could get depressed. He huddled in the rocking chair all day for his first three weeks straight and started to cry if anyone approached, talked to or looked at him. All he needed was a sense of familiarity and security, not prozac.

Generally a psychologist won't diagnose a child as needing psych drugs until they're at least 5 or 6. And even then the decision should be made with the utmost caution, and only after all the other options have been exhausted.

Answer 4

Children doesn'tmean the same as toddlers, but I'm really against it. The spike in drug administration I blame a lot on teachers. While they may be excellent at teaching, when a child acts up, they tend to call the parents and say the child is hyperactive so the parents get the kids on meds. Teachers are not doctors and should not diagnose. We need parents to raise their kids to respect authority and not worry about whether the kid id reading by the time they start school. That way the teacher will be able to do their job of teaching and not babysitting a bunch of kids going wild in the classroom. Done ranting.

Answer 5

I would NEVER recommend a psychotropic to a parent of a toddler. I hesitate to even diagnose a toddler with any mental disorder. I have lots of parents that come into my office and want their 3 year olds tested for ADHD because they are hyperactive, distracted, and defiant. That's not ADHD. That's 3! The DSM-IV actually says to avoid diagnosing young children because it is difficult to ascertain what behavior is due to a mental illness and what is developmentally appropriate. I can't imagine what a kid could be doing to be on an antipsychotic. These are probably parents with kids with behavioral problems, looking for the quick fix, rather than going through therapy and putting in some work.

Answer 6

i doubt that they are administering psychotropics to very many toddlers. In medical jargon, when they talk about children and adults, they tend to use either age 18 or 21 as the break point.

I don't have a problem with teenagers getting medical help, and if that is a psychotropic drug, it's OK with me. But i do think that teenagers AND adults should be evaluated carefully to see if drugs are really the right way to go.

Answer 7

i think it is horrible. if i was a parent i would never let my child take phychiatric meds unless there was a SERIOUS problem they needed it for.

Answer 8

im against it!!!!!!!! we are such a drugged out nation, cant even watch tv without drugs for this or that being advertised

Answer 9

holy god. that's the first i have heard of that crap.