chld10

After watching the PBS Frontline film “The Medicated Child,” please answer the following questions:  ( http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/medicatedchild/ ) 
  1.  What are your initial thoughts and feelings after watching this film?  2.  When (if ever) do you feel it is appropriate for a child to take psychiatric medications- at what age and in which situations? 3.  Although you do not make decisions or specific recommendations on psychiatric medications for your clients, what can you do as a therapist working with children and their parents in order to better prepare them to make these decisions? 4.  What are the pros and cons of taking psychiatric medications?                    The post chld10 first appeared on Nursing School Essays.