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Children and Psychotropic Medication: What Role Should Advocacy Counseling Play?

✍ Scribed by R. Elliott Ingersoll; Ann Bauer; Laura Burns

Publisher: American Counseling Association
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Weight: 181 KB
Volume: 82
Category: Article
ISSN: 1556-6678
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2004.tb00319.x

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✦ Synopsis

There are currently millions of children with mental and emotional symptoms who are being treated with psychotropic medication. The authors critique such treatment and suggest that advocacy counseling is a responsible approach to balance the power of both the pharmaceutical companies and the medical model in the mental health arena.