Dosed : the medication generation grows up

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Label

Dosed : the medication generation grows up

Title remainder

the medication generation grows up

Statement of responsibility

Kaitlin Bell Barnett

Creator

• Bell Barnett, Kaitlin, 1983-

Subject

• Mental illness -- Chemotherapy
• Mentally ill -- Psychology
• Psychotropic drugs -- Side effects

Language

eng

Summary

Over the last two decades, we have seen a dramatic spike in the number of young people taking psychiatric medication--but, despite a heated debate on the issue, we haven't heard directly from the "medicated kids" themselves. In Dosed, Kaitlin Bell Barnett, who was diagnosed with depression as a teenager, weaves together stories from members of this "medication generation, exploring their experiences at home, in school, and with the psychiatric profession. For many, taking meds has proved more complicated than merely popping a pill, as they try to parse their changing emotions, symptoms, side effects, and diagnoses without conclusive scientific research on how the drugs affect developing brains and bodies. While negotiating schoolwork, relationships, and the workplace, they also struggle to find the right drug, deal with breakdowns, decide whether they still need treatment at all--and, ultimately, make sense of their long-term relationship to psychotropic drugs. The results of what one psychopharmacologist describes as a "giant, uncontrolled experiment" are just starting to trickle in. Barnett shows that a lack of ready answers and guidance has often proven extremely difficult for these young people as they transition from childhood to adolescence and now to adulthood

Cataloging source

DNLM/DLC

Dewey number

616.89/180835

Index

no index present

LC call number

RC483

LC item number

.B45 2012

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

NLM call number

• 2012 D-495
• WM 402