Psychologist Recommends New Parents’ Guidebook, “Know More About Drugs”
Parents and caregivers are not being informed of the FDA’s documented risks of the psychotropic (mind-altering) drugs and painkillers (opioids) being prescribed to children.
As a licensed clinical psychologist and forensic expert in medication outcome studies, I am often asked to testify about the short and long-term use of psychiatric medications. Unfortunately, parents have not been fully informed about the potential dangers of these powerful mind-altering drugs. As I see more and more cases of children being given psychiatric medications, I see more and more severe adverse effects happening with these medications. Suicidal and violent thoughts, dangerous and violent behaviors, increasing dependence and anxiety, agitation, and disorganization have all become too common in many of these cases.
