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The Medicalisation of SocietyThursday 5 September 2002
Are we too quick to diagnose medical conditions in adults and children with drugs?

Treating children with psychiatric drugs used to be taboo, but each year more and more British children are being prescribed drugs like Ritalin to help both them and their parents handle their behavioural problems.
Some psychiatrists are saying it's time to stop offering medical solutions to problems which they feel have no proven biological basis.
Dr Janet Barrett and Dr Joanne Moncrieff join Jenni to discuss this issue.
What are your views and experiences

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