The medicated child
By: a Frontline co-production with RainMedia, Inc
Contributors: Wright, Daisy; Lyman, Will; PBS Home Video; Rain Media, Inc; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.); WGBH Educational Foundation
Series: NSG 315 (NU course); PED 652 (NU course); PSY 655 (NU course)
Publisher: Distributed by PBS Home Video
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [United States]
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 60
ISBN-13: 9780793694273
Subjects: Pediatric psychopharmacology; Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; Treatment; Diagnosis; Films for the hearing impaired
Other titles: Frontline (Television program)
Description: In recent years, there's been a dramatic increase in the number of children being diagnosed with serious psychiatric disorders and prescribed medications that are just beginning to be tested in children. The drugs can cause serious side effects, and virtually nothing is known about their long-term impact. "It's really to some extent an experiment, trying medications in these children of this age, " child psychiatrist Dr. Patrick Bacon tells FRONTLINE. "It's a gamble. And I tell parents there's no way to know what's going to work."
Notes: Title from container.

Region 1, widescreen format; stereo.

Originally broadcast as a segment of the television program Frontline on January 8, 2008.

Special feature: Discussion guide.

Written, produced and directed by Marcela Gaviria ; edited by Daisy Wright ; narrated by Will Lyman.

DVD format.

Closed-captioned.
Table of contents: title: 1. What is going on?; title: 2. DJ's story; title: 3. The debate and confusion over diagnosing bipolar; title: 4. Jessica's story; title: 5. The lack of data: what works? What's safe?; title: 6. The medication dilemma; title: 7. Solutions to the lack of knowledge; title: 8. Updates on the stories.