The Drugging of Our Children (2005)

Excessive talking fidgeting or squirming Often loses things Difficulty remaining seated playing quietly or sustaining attention Sound like your child The American Psychiatric Associations Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSMIV lists these as the symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder ADD or Attention DeficitHyperactivity Disorder ADHD Once diagnosed these behaviors would make your child a candidate for Ritalin Prozac or both In this investigative documentary acclaimed public health advocate and filmmaker Gary Null examines the increasingly common practice of prescribing psychotropic drugs for children including preschoolers as young as age 2 to 4 who have been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD Psychiatrists may write these prescriptions without first exploring other causes or aggravating factors like diet or environment and without making it clear to parents that these medications can have severe sideeffects