Top psychiatrist: ‘We are turning childhood into a disease’ Read more: http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health-fitness/top-psychiatrist-8216we-are-turning-childhood-into-a-disease8217/story-fneuzlbd-1226680254702#ixzz2ZT7XwUMg #Autism #Mental Health #ADHD

Top psychiatrist: ‘We are turning childhood into a disease’ Read more: http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health-fitness/top-psychiatrist-8216we-are-turning-childhood-into-a-disease8217/story-fneuzlbd-1226680254702#ixzz2ZT7XwUMg

ABSTRACT

FOR any parent, having to accept your child needs psychiatric drugs must be agonising. But when Susan Bevis’s 13-year-old daughter Amy suffered a breakdown after a vicious campaign of school bullying, drugs seemed the only option – as instructed by psychiatrists.

Schizophrenia, ADHD and Autism, to name a few are believed to be over diagnosed with  untested medications on children.  Much more covered in the article in relation to mental illness diagnosis. Would love a day when doctors and researchers have more authority and research clout than the pharmaceutical companies.