Comments on: The confused world of child psychiatry https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/01/the-confused-world-of-child-psychiatry/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:08:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: CNS https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/01/the-confused-world-of-child-psychiatry/comment-page-1/#comment-14805 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:08:43 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/index.php/2008/01/the-confused-world-of-child-psychiatry/#comment-14805 “until then it was mood stabilizer plus an anti-depressant for the most part.”

Yeah. THAT sure works. Medicine changes with the times dude. Antipsychotics are now considered to be mood stabilizers themselves. [says the bipolar on TWO mood stabilizers (anticonvulsants) AND an antipsychotic]

]]> By: Suicide Malpractice https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/01/the-confused-world-of-child-psychiatry/comment-page-1/#comment-14804 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:12:37 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/index.php/2008/01/the-confused-world-of-child-psychiatry/#comment-14804 Steve: You question the validity of child psychiatry developments.

What is your label for this person?

He believes 1) people can predict future accidents; 2) minds can be read; 3)a fictional character, and only a fictional character can set an example of conduct for all citizens; dude is an implausible weirdo; 4) the gut feelings of random strangers can serve as a lie detector. What about this person’s using a gun to enforce a doctrine that the New Testament must set the standards of the above fictional weirdo character? Not the Torah, not the Koran, not the Code of Hammurabi, not any other religious text, only the New Testament.

Do you believe this person is normal? Or is this psycho certifiable?

]]> By: Philip Dawdy https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/01/the-confused-world-of-child-psychiatry/comment-page-1/#comment-14803 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:00:10 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/index.php/2008/01/the-confused-world-of-child-psychiatry/#comment-14803 thanks for the link. if i may nitpick,antipsychotics were almost never used in treating bipolar disorder in any age group (except for some very short term use) until about 2000. until then it was mood stabilizer plus an anti-depressant for the most part.

]]> By: federalist https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/01/the-confused-world-of-child-psychiatry/comment-page-1/#comment-14802 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:42:08 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/index.php/2008/01/the-confused-world-of-child-psychiatry/#comment-14802 Don’t forget too, that, do-gooder DCFS types will put pressure on families to medicate their children by threatening coercive measures.

Pittman could have taken a plea deal that would have gotten him out of prison at age 25. That fact has to be in the equation.

]]> By: Bob Neal https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/01/the-confused-world-of-child-psychiatry/comment-page-1/#comment-14801 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:18:42 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/index.php/2008/01/the-confused-world-of-child-psychiatry/#comment-14801 The Pittman case is interesting not only b/c of the fact the 12 year old was being treated with psychotropic drugs, but also that he was prosecuted as an adult. A bad combination really.

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