NYT article - Mind Over Meds
April 27, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/magazine/25Memoir-t.html
Interesting read. I am not against meds. I know they help people with serious mental health issues and diseases. And I am glad they exist for when people need them. However, I am a BIG believer in therapy. IT IS TIME CONSUMING! I spend more time in waiting rooms every week than I care to add up. But it is worth it.
Too many parents are medicating their children and not doing the hard work that goes with therapy. As a parent, you end up getting educated by the therapists on how to carry on with the therapy principles at home. So you, sometimes unwillingly, have to learn about things that you don’t have time for or have little knowledge about. It is also time consuming to find the right therapist, determine what the right therapies are, etc. I see how medication is the easy route. But I also see how it can be done without medication and how this is providing children with the skills that they can carry with them throughout their life.
Parents need to do what is right for their child. And medication may be the answer. But, more often than not, the children that I know of that are on medications are not receiving any kind of therapy to go along with the medication. The important work is not being done.
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