Overmedicated Children
Overmedication or overmedication means, medical and societal point of view, the fact that an individual or community take medication excessive or unnecessarily. According to the World Health Organization health assessment criteria, over-medication is linked with an incorrect use of medicines, which is manifested in the form of excessive consumption, insufficient or incorrect medications or prescription Free1 sale. The issue of over-medication is usually studied through the dispensation of medications such as antibiotics, antidepressants, anxiolytics, and psychotropic. The difference of opinion that Americas are having on over medicated children is a phenomenon that has existed for over two decades. The babies, children …show more content…
Disorders are diagnosed by a psychiatrist, it is a doctor specializing in mental health, exercising psychiatry. He diagnoses, treats and attempts to prevent psychological suffering and mental illness. ' ' Specialized ' ' brings us to conclude precociously that these doctors have mastered the diagnostic behavioral problems in children. I strongly believe that these diagnoses are sometimes poorly interpreted and brings us to overmedicate our children. It’s ' turns out to be very difficult to diagnose childhood mental illnesses with certainty sum in an adult. This should draw our attention sometimes because to establish a reliable diagnosis, the patient must be at least age 18. Some parents are very savvy about it illumines, unfortunately, the vast majority the still unknown. It would be more judicious to reassure that the child diagnosed with the same disorders present symptoms than the adult. Psychiatrists can, therefore, err on the diagnosis and there is no evidence that the patient will live with this disorder until the adult …show more content…
The Doctor said he suffered from hyperactivity. Without sending the child to a specialist, he prescribed a stimulant, Ritalin, saying that "it would solve the situation." For six months, the child 's behavior will indeed improve, but gradually the little boy becomes irritable, sleeping less and less well. The disquieting situation brings parents to consult again. They went to another doctor who then asked them to stop treatment immediately, saying that the child was fine and was just full of energy. Today boy has almost five years and is quite normal. But his parents want it every day for giving him for so long such a
Overmedication or overmedication means, medical and societal point of view, the fact that an individual or community take medication excessive or unnecessarily. According to the World Health Organization health assessment criteria, over-medication is linked with an incorrect use of medicines, which is manifested in the form of excessive consumption, insufficient or incorrect medications or prescription Free1 sale. The issue of over-medication is usually studied through the dispensation of medications such as antibiotics, antidepressants, anxiolytics, and psychotropic. The difference of opinion that Americas are having on over medicated children is a phenomenon that has existed for over two decades. The babies, children …show more content…
Disorders are diagnosed by a psychiatrist, it is a doctor specializing in mental health, exercising psychiatry. He diagnoses, treats and attempts to prevent psychological suffering and mental illness. ' ' Specialized ' ' brings us to conclude precociously that these doctors have mastered the diagnostic behavioral problems in children. I strongly believe that these diagnoses are sometimes poorly interpreted and brings us to overmedicate our children. It’s ' turns out to be very difficult to diagnose childhood mental illnesses with certainty sum in an adult. This should draw our attention sometimes because to establish a reliable diagnosis, the patient must be at least age 18. Some parents are very savvy about it illumines, unfortunately, the vast majority the still unknown. It would be more judicious to reassure that the child diagnosed with the same disorders present symptoms than the adult. Psychiatrists can, therefore, err on the diagnosis and there is no evidence that the patient will live with this disorder until the adult …show more content…
The Doctor said he suffered from hyperactivity. Without sending the child to a specialist, he prescribed a stimulant, Ritalin, saying that "it would solve the situation." For six months, the child 's behavior will indeed improve, but gradually the little boy becomes irritable, sleeping less and less well. The disquieting situation brings parents to consult again. They went to another doctor who then asked them to stop treatment immediately, saying that the child was fine and was just full of energy. Today boy has almost five years and is quite normal. But his parents want it every day for giving him for so long such a