(Martha Rosenberg)
Since pharma discovered the ka-ching in pediatric psychopharmacology, millions of kids are on ADHD meds and other psychotropic drugs for conduct disorders, depression, bipolar disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, mood disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, mixed manias, social phobia, anxiety, and assorted “spectrum” disorders.
They are even treated for seizure-spectrum disorders without the presence of seizures.
But according to new data from IMS health in a Wall Street Journal article, just as many kids are being treated for nonpsychiatric conditions that are often adult diseases.
Read the Full Article Here: http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/health/big-pharma-seeks-little-patients-part-1-52861.html
Published on March 13, 2011