Children and Pharmaceutical Drugs

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This paper examines how one of the most effective treatments that helps children with mental disorders is a pharmaceutical drug and how this way is more widely accommodated by doctors because medicine is as, or more, effective than therapy. Medicine treats the disorder faster and cheaper than therapy. It discusses how as more and more new pharmaceutical drugs become available to children with mental disorders, questions arise about how safe the drugs are. It contends that parents are concerned about the effects and potential side effects of drugs such as Ritalin and Prozac on their children.

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"When seen by a doctor regularly and administered a suitable prescribed medicine, a child with a mental disorder is more likely to overcome it. This is what medicine is for; so one can take charge of his or her disability, not the other way around. The American Psychological Association reports that medicine based treatment is more often effective for children with disorders like attention deficit disorder, when closely administered by a doctor ("What Parents Should Know..."). The child's progress should be monitored regularly and check-ups are a must. Prescribed medicines treat child disorders that would otherwise be untreatable. Because new prescription medicines are becoming available to children, their drawbacks, if any, should be made known to every parent."

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