Should I Medicate my Child? Sane Solutions for Troubled Kids with--and without--Psychiatric Drugs.LAWRENCE H. DILLER In the age of managed health care, Diller, a pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. psychiatrist, says that too many pediatricians prescribe psychiatric drugs to children after only a cursory examination. Sometimes this swift action is at the behest be·hest n. 1. An authoritative command. 2. An urgent request: I called the office at the behest of my assistant. of parents eager to address disturbing behavior. Diller neither advocates nor opposes the use of psychiatric drugs for children. He does, however, argue for evaluating the benefits and risks of a specific medication for a specific child and exploring other avenues of treatment, including behavior modification behavior modification n. 1. The use of basic learning techniques, such as conditioning, biofeedback, reinforcement, or aversion therapy, to teach simple skills or alter undesirable behavior. 2. See behavior therapy. . Diller details his methods for assessing a child's problem and then addressing it with specific techniques. A list of various psychiatric drugs and their uses, side effects Side effects Effects of a proposed project on other parts of the firm. , and dosing information concludes the volume. Originally published in hardcover in 2002. Basic, 2003, 243 p., paperback, $17.95. |
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