Kids Caught in the Psychiatric Maelstrom

Between 1994 and 2003, a forty-fold increase of bipolar diagnosis occurred among youth ages 0 to 19. It has likewise been estimated that up to 10% of American children have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, despite there being neither a medical test for ADHD nor proof that it has any biological component. Does the increasing frequency of these diagnoses amount to nothing more than an unholy alliance between psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry? Join us for a conversation with Elizabeth Root, MSW to discuss her important new book, Kid's Caught in the Psychiatric Maelstrom: How Pathological Labels and "Therapeutic" Drugs Hurt Children and Families. Send your questions and comments ahead of time to theartofrelating@hotmail.com