Troubled Kids: Is Medication the Answer?
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Offers parents, teachers, and caregivers a balanced look at options for helping children with learning difficulties or behavioral problems. Explores the pros and cons of using current medications to treat children for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression, and other emotional-behavior disorders. Also looks at counseling, diet, vitamin supplementation, and learning skills training as options or complements to medication.
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Runtime: 21 minutes 27 seconds
- Topic: Counseling and Self-Help, Health and Safety, Home and Family
- Subtopic: Health Care, Mental Health, Parenting
- Grade/Interest Level: PT/TT
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- Release Year: 2002
- Producer/Distributor: Films For The Humanities & Sciences
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