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Behavior worth medicating? Government and psychiatry join forces to make children take powerful drugs, even against their parents' wishes.(CHILDREN)(Cover story)
When you are there, standing before an actual judge, real courtroom drama feels much less exciting than what you see on TV. There is no swelling music soundtrack, no scripted performances, and no overblown oratory.
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Recently, I participated in a typically dull hearing that likely ruined a life--the life of a little six-year-old mildly autistic boy. The banality of the process was in contrast with the seriousness of the outcome.
Twelve adults gathered in a small, closed courtroom to decide how many powerful, anti-psychotic drugs that the child, who is currently in the custody of the state, would be required to take. The ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Behavior worth medicating? Government and psychiatry join forces to...