Medicating Away the Disorders

As promised, I am posting the links to two Frontline programs on medicating children and the effects...and affects it has. The first episode is titled The Medicated Child, and addresses the increase of children on medication since the 1990's. The increase is cited as an increase of 4000%, which is an extremely large number. You can find it here. The second episode is titled Medicating Kids and again addresses the increase of children on medication, but also debates whether or not this increase is necessary, whether or not the behavior in children has changed so much over the years that it requires medication, and has personalized stories from four individuals on medication and how it has helped or hindered the child's development. You can find it here. Enjoy!