The failure to test the effects in children of routinely prescribed drugs has resulted in at least one death. How many kids will die before drug companies take steps to ensure their safety?
Lawrence H. Diller, M.d. Thursday, May 23, 2002 7:19 PM UTC
Life
Drug makers find ways to circumvent an advertising ban and promote psychiatric drugs for children
Lawrence H. Diller Thursday, Oct 18, 2001 7:30 PM UTC
Life
Prescribing drugs, not discipline, will only escalate conflict, lead to more
difficult kids and weaken our already-lax culture of parenting.
Lawrence H. Diller, M.d. Wednesday, Jul 18, 2001 7:10 PM UTC
Life Academia, Harvard
Parents are being pressured by schools to medicate their kids -- or else.
Lawrence H. Diller, M.d. Monday, Sep 25, 2000 7:30 PM UTC
Life Drugs
A teenager's fatal heart attack raises troubling questions about the safety of a drug whose popularity is exploding.
Lawrence H. Diller, M.d. Thursday, Apr 27, 2000 4:00 PM UTC
Life Children
The drug should not become the moral equivalent of, or substitute for, better parenting and schools.
Lawrence H. Diller, M.d. Friday, Mar 31, 2000 5:00 PM UTC
Life Drugs, Hillary Rodham Clinton
Some psychiatric drugs do help children, but school and family are crucial, too.
Lawrence H. Diller, M.d. Friday, Mar 10, 2000 5:00 PM UTC
Life Drugs, Children, Academia, Harvard
A behavioral pediatrician questions the wisdom of medicating our children.
Lawrence H. Diller, M.d. Thursday, Mar 9, 2000 5:00 PM UTC
Life Drugs, Children, Academia, Harvard