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This 26 page paper responds to several questions and concludes with a 17 page essay on schizophrenia. The questions include discussions of the ethics of prescribing medications to children, psychological interventions with children, the biopsychosocial model, the diathesis stress model, and what the student learned in the course. Bibliography lists 30 sources. PGdsc6sc.rtf
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number of children diagnoses with ADD or ADHD, which then results in a prescription has caused concern in all fields. Between 3 and 7 percent of the school-age population is
diagnosed with ADHD (Root and Resnick, 2003). In some areas, as many as one-third of the children are diagnoses with ADHD. Sparks and Duncan (2004) reported that the number of
children and adolescents being medicated tripled in the mid- to late-1990s. Some data: prescription rates for Ritalin for children between the ages of 2 and 4 years increased by 169
percent; children in foster care are 16 times more likely to be medicated; 8 percent of teenagers and 13 percent of children between 6 and 12 years are on various
psychotropic medications (Sparks and Duncan, 2004). Children and youth are also being diagnosed with other mental illnesses. For instance, it is estimated that between 12 and 20 percent of our
youth suffer from some form of anxiety disorder (Velting, Setzer and Albano, 2004). Anxiety is also treated with medications. ADHD and anxiety may be treated with psychosocial therapy but medications
are often prescribed (Sparks and Duncan, 2004; Velting, Setzer and Albano, 2004). Stimulants and antidepressants are the drugs of choice (Sparks and Duncan, 2004). Sparks and Duncan (2004) argue that
there is too much medicating of children and that the scientific evidence for its use is not at all convincing. Researchers have simply not been able to prove, for instance,
the efficacy of prescribing antidepressants to children and adolescents. Both physicians and psychologists are mandated by an overpowering ethical standard: do not harm. It is totally unethical (Sparks and
Duncan, 2004). These authors bring up the questions this student writer has: how come so many of our children and adolescents are sick? What are the long-term negative effects of
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