Word: fixes
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...People need to stop depending on medications to fix all their problems. It is scary to consider the effects that drugs are having on kids." KELLY ROSS Alma, Mich...
Thank you for your article on the issues surrounding psychotropic medication, mental health and children. My personal experience as a counselor dealing with managed-care providers is that they want a quick fix at the least cost to them. Too many clients go without the services and medications they need because of the often strict and unreasonable guidelines that managed care applies to mental-health services. Consumers have no idea what they're up against. AMY KEIFER, L.P.C. Oklahoma City, Okla...
What effect does the lack of parental guidance have on children with these behavioral problems? Adults think of their own happiness at the expense of their children's and then want an easy medication to fix children's problems. Let's give kids what they need and want--our time! MIKE ENNEKING Columbus...
...approach out there, but right now I am too sapped of energy, emotion and time from dealing with my son and the effects of his illness on the whole family to find it. Families like mine need understanding, not judgment. I am not looking for a quick or easy fix. There is none when raising a child with a severe illness. JANE M. SMITH Arlington...
...passengers struck by gastroenteritis this month on the cruise ship Aurora can attest, holidays sometimes go very wrong. Mediterranean ports refused to allow the ship entry for fear of contagion, and irate travelers have threatened to sue. But what rights would you have in a similar fix? Not many. Airlines and cruise operators owe their passengers a "duty of care" not to expose them to unreasonable risk. If the company has breached this (e.g. with inadequate hygiene), then you may have cause for compensation. But proving that can be difficult - the spread of a contagious virus in an enclosed setting...