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...book about children and psychiatric drugs, she too accepted the conventional wisdom that American children are being medicated into numbness. But after extensive interviews with parents, therapists and academics, she made a 180-degree turn. In this impassioned book, the author argues that childhood mental illness is real, widespread and painful to families caught in its grip. Warner believes that statistics about Ritalin's being overprescribed are exaggerated. "Almost no parent takes the issue of psychiatric diagnosis lightly or rushes to 'drug' his or her child," she writes. "Responsible child psychiatrists don't either." Frantic parents try everything from biofeedback...
Since its conception, SRP has enjoyed widespread popularity. BBC and NBC used Liang’s music during the 2008 Beijing Olympics; it has also been featured in Louis Vuitton ads as well as a recent episode of “The L Word...
...response in Athens was widespread outrage. A daily newspaper, Eleftheros Typos, retaliated with its own doctored photograph depicting the golden statue atop Berlin's Column of Victory holding up a swastika. On Friday, Greece's oldest consumer group called for a boycott of German products. See pictures of the global financial crisis...
...been committed to maintaining the number of Director’s Internships in spite of the University’s recent financial constraints and widespread budget cuts, Purcell said. He added that career services is an area in which the IOP can increase its contributions to the College...
...this year - which will be, she promises, yet another platform for her message. But her profile has also made her, among pediatricians, other doctors and many parents, a deeply polarizing figure. Though close to 80% of American children receive the standard battery of vaccinations, skepticism about their safety remains widespread, in part because of the antiscientific clamor of the McCarthy camp. Enough parents are refusing to vaccinate that some long-dormant maladies, like measles and meningitis, have re-emerged. Nonvaccination rates among kindergartners in some California counties have been reported at 10%. To McCarthy's opponents, from the public-health...