Sunday, October 10, 2010

WEST MIDLANDS - EXEMPLARS OF GOOD PRACTICE.

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In Europe we often use the more rigorous ICD10 criteria which are funded by  governments. This is preferable to using DSM4 which is funde...

CASE STUDIES OF QUESTIONABLE PRACTICE (posted October 2010.)

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https://www.youtube.com/user/Humanagement2011   For more information on this topic and the BBC Radio programmes on over-prescrition for kids...
Sunday, September 19, 2010

DAVE TRAXSON - A short story to promote debate on this contentious issue.

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A distant son --a story of over-medication of a loved one.   The city where I was born was middle Engla...

DAVE TRAXSON - PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE ESSAY,"The Medicalisation of Normal Healthy Childhood," PUBLISHED IN THE BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY 'DEBATE' MAGAZINE IN SEPTEMBER 2010.

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Dave Traxson at a Birmingham University Symposium in 2008 Talking on the Ethics of Over-prescription of Psychotropic Drugs for Children and ...
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

THE IMPACT OF NEGATIVE LABELLING ON YOUNG PEOPLES LIFE CHANCES.(Posted Sept 2010.) +FIRST WATCH "CHANGING EDUCATIONAL PARADIGMS" THE INSPIRATIONAL TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM.

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Once a young person has become acclimatised to taking medication to resolve a problem in early life, what do we think they are likely to do,...
Monday, September 13, 2010

PASTORAL CARE NOT SCARE - BEST YET 16 QUESTIONS FOR SCHOOL PASTORAL CARE STAFF.(Posted SEPT 2010.) + PASTORAL CARE STAFF DO HAVE A 'DUTY OF CARE' TO BE AWARE ABOUT THE RISKS OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS FOR CHILDREN IN THEIR CARE..

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Do you think early prescribed stimulants as children may cause them as adults to rely on other illegal stimulant drugs e.g. cocaine, 'sp...