A Letter of Concern

[Guest guest]

Dear Dr. Wagner:

It has come to my attention that Emory University has recently endowed a

chair in child psychiatry at the school of medicine. I am disappointed that

Emory is furthering a process in which children are being viewed through an

illness centred model that serves

to medicalize childhood and results in the overprescription of psychiatric

drugs for the precious children of our nation.

I humbly request that you reconsider this initiative, or introduce

significant safeguards into this effort, given the overwhelming premise of

much of child psychiatry, which endeavours to classify exuberance and

noncomformity, and other childhood behaviours as an unacceptable form of

deviance that can only be corrected through medication. While psychiatry

can be useful, the overzealous labelling of children and the attendant

medication regimes required have been called into question by numerous

groups working in the public interest, including the Alliance for Human

Research Protection, the NAACP, and the New York Times.

You may wish to review psychologist Dr. Breeding's book, Wildest

Colts, to get a better understanding of the epidemic of prescription drugs

that are often unnecessarily thrust on children and what can be done about

this. You may also want to look at the NAACP's recent press release, in

which the organization condemns the mass prescription of psychotropics to

foster children

Thank you for your consideration of my position; I really look foward to

your response in light of the issues that I have raised.

Sincerely yours,

Jasmine Singh

purejasmine@...

[Guest guest]

Dear Dr. Wagner:

It has come to my attention that Emory University has recently endowed a

chair in child psychiatry at the school of medicine. I am disappointed that

Emory is furthering a process in which children are being viewed through an

illness centred model that serves

to medicalize childhood and results in the overprescription of psychiatric

drugs for the precious children of our nation.

I humbly request that you reconsider this initiative, or introduce

significant safeguards into this effort, given the overwhelming premise of

much of child psychiatry, which endeavours to classify exuberance and

noncomformity, and other childhood behaviours as an unacceptable form of

deviance that can only be corrected through medication. While psychiatry

can be useful, the overzealous labelling of children and the attendant

medication regimes required have been called into question by numerous

groups working in the public interest, including the Alliance for Human

Research Protection, the NAACP, and the New York Times.

You may wish to review psychologist Dr. Breeding's book, Wildest

Colts, to get a better understanding of the epidemic of prescription drugs

that are often unnecessarily thrust on children and what can be done about

this. You may also want to look at the NAACP's recent press release, in

which the organization condemns the mass prescription of psychotropics to

foster children

Thank you for your consideration of my position; I really look foward to

your response in light of the issues that I have raised.

Sincerely yours,

Jasmine Singh

purejasmine@...

[Guest guest]

Dear Dr. Wagner:

It has come to my attention that Emory University has recently endowed a

chair in child psychiatry at the school of medicine. I am disappointed that

Emory is furthering a process in which children are being viewed through an

illness centred model that serves

to medicalize childhood and results in the overprescription of psychiatric

drugs for the precious children of our nation.

I humbly request that you reconsider this initiative, or introduce

significant safeguards into this effort, given the overwhelming premise of

much of child psychiatry, which endeavours to classify exuberance and

noncomformity, and other childhood behaviours as an unacceptable form of

deviance that can only be corrected through medication. While psychiatry

can be useful, the overzealous labelling of children and the attendant

medication regimes required have been called into question by numerous

groups working in the public interest, including the Alliance for Human

Research Protection, the NAACP, and the New York Times.

You may wish to review psychologist Dr. Breeding's book, Wildest

Colts, to get a better understanding of the epidemic of prescription drugs

that are often unnecessarily thrust on children and what can be done about

this. You may also want to look at the NAACP's recent press release, in

which the organization condemns the mass prescription of psychotropics to

foster children

Thank you for your consideration of my position; I really look foward to

your response in light of the issues that I have raised.

Sincerely yours,

Jasmine Singh

purejasmine@...

[Guest guest]

Dear Dr. Wagner:

It has come to my attention that Emory University has recently endowed a

chair in child psychiatry at the school of medicine. I am disappointed that

Emory is furthering a process in which children are being viewed through an

illness centred model that serves

to medicalize childhood and results in the overprescription of psychiatric

drugs for the precious children of our nation.

I humbly request that you reconsider this initiative, or introduce

significant safeguards into this effort, given the overwhelming premise of

much of child psychiatry, which endeavours to classify exuberance and

noncomformity, and other childhood behaviours as an unacceptable form of

deviance that can only be corrected through medication. While psychiatry

can be useful, the overzealous labelling of children and the attendant

medication regimes required have been called into question by numerous

groups working in the public interest, including the Alliance for Human

Research Protection, the NAACP, and the New York Times.

You may wish to review psychologist Dr. Breeding's book, Wildest

Colts, to get a better understanding of the epidemic of prescription drugs

that are often unnecessarily thrust on children and what can be done about

this. You may also want to look at the NAACP's recent press release, in

which the organization condemns the mass prescription of psychotropics to

foster children

Thank you for your consideration of my position; I really look foward to

your response in light of the issues that I have raised.

Sincerely yours,

Jasmine Singh

purejasmine@...