tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184208181444239184.post3773763963741642686..comments2024-03-14T13:25:42.698-04:00Comments on Child in Mind: Traumatized Kids Who Were Drugged Offer Lessons for Mental Health Care Claudia M. Gold, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13081419560269676730noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184208181444239184.post-85881063639202103802015-01-02T19:35:27.244-05:002015-01-02T19:35:27.244-05:00Doctors need to assume FIRST that a child with a p...Doctors need to assume FIRST that a child with a problem was born healthy and is experiencing trauma, than assume something has gone wrong with their brain from birth. Once trauma has been ruled out, THEN a doctor should prescribe medicines. The Alienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12025605564998600789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184208181444239184.post-21176915024666329302014-12-31T08:12:24.066-05:002014-12-31T08:12:24.066-05:00I agree. "Disciplinary" methods may be f...I agree. "Disciplinary" methods may be frightening and dysregulating for children who have experienced trauma. Psychiatrist Bruce Perry's writing on the Scholastic website, particularly a piece "Keep the Cool in School" speaks to this issue.Claudia M. Gold, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13081419560269676730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184208181444239184.post-74931578285803487592014-12-30T10:36:27.351-05:002014-12-30T10:36:27.351-05:00It is not just the mental health system that has t...It is not just the mental health system that has to change, but the education system. Children who have experienced both Trauma or trauma, are referred to mental health because of their behavior in school. Treatment is to meet the educators' needs, not the child or the family. Many hands get tied that way. If medication is postponed with therapy only, and the behavior doesn't improve quickly enough, the child is at risk of placement anyway.......Our major public institution where children spend most of their days, is not equipped to respond to symptoms that manifest as behaviors. Everything is labeled defiance and treated with punishment. It is a tragedy of epic proportion.Julie MH SWkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15024804929140466578noreply@blogger.com