No Child Left Different

The past fifteen years have seen a 300 percent increase in the use of psychotropic medications for girls and boys under the age of twenty, and prescriptions for preschoolers have skyrocketed. A stellar group of authors from across several disciplines explains this increase, questions the causes, and presents disturbing thoughts regarding this phenomenon, analyzing the risks medication creates for children. While there are certainly extreme cases where drugs are the only option, medication, rather than psychotherapy and counseling, has transformed from last resort to the first choice for treatment. Book jacket.