Vallee, Manuel. Pharmaceuticalizing Childhood: Ritalin usage in France and the United States
http://www.allacademic.com//meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/2/4/3/0/6/pages243069/p243069-7.php
This is just a slide show, but in it Manuel shows how America and France are so different in diagnosing children with ADHD. It has some reasons to why France is working so hard in making it more difficult to prescribe children with unneeded medication.
National Institute of Mental Health About Teen Deppression: A Fact sheet
http://www.about-teen-depression.com/teen-depression.html
This Article is talking about how the rate of teens with depression has increased so dramatically within the past few year. It also talks about the different ways of treating depression without medication.
Corey, Gerald, Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy, P. 315-316.
In this part of the book describes a study which was performed by Dr. Aaron T. Beck called ‘Cognitive Theory of Depression’ challenges the notion that depression results from anger turned against themselves.
”Depression.” 4 May 2008 <http://www.kidshealth.org>.
So many kids are told that they are depressed, its making them even more depressed. This site talks about ways to help prevent depression.
pharmaceuticalized American life http://www.medrants.com/archives/2532
This is a doctor that takes a sarcastic look on how America is stuck on drugs. This will help me because he and I have the same outlook on the subject.
Psychiatric Drugs and your Child
http://breggin.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38
Dr. Breggin expressed the same concerns as I have. He believes that too many therapist are relying on drugs to cure everything.
Elaina Paige Wolff