American children are taking anti-psychotic drugs for autism, hyperactivity and other disorders at six times the rate of children in Britain, according to a U.K. study published in the May edition of Pediatrics.
In both countries, use has soared. In Britain, anti-psychotics were prescribed for less than four of 10,000 children in 1992; by 2005, the rate was seven per 10,000. In the U.S., the rate went from 23 per 10,000 in 1996 to nearly 45 by 2001.
Side effects including weight gain, nervous-system problems and heart trouble have been reported in children using these drugs and there’s little long-term evidence about whether they’re safe for them, the study authors said.
Typically, the drugs were prescribed for behavior and conduct disorders, such as attention deficit disorder.
The medicalization of education continues apace.
Education becomes an increasingly old-fashioned way of meeting life’s challenges.
Boys pay a steep price these days for being boys.
It must be working, because English kids are 10 times more psychotic than American kids.
English kids are the worse behaving, ignorant, disrespectful, brats I have ever seen in my life.
My ex-wife is English, and even she agrees we would never ever ever let our kids be raised in England.
I say we dope up the whole country.
Your kids first, Rory!
Bada Bing said, “Boys pay a steep price these days for being boys.”
Reminds me of a comment I heard: What is another word for a good boy? The answer is “girl.” Medication makes boys act more like girls, which is good for parents and teachers.