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Jury Debates Fate Of Mom In Girl's OD Death

02/05/2010 -- A jury has begun deliberations in the trial of a Massachusetts

woman accused of murder in the fatal prescription drug overdose of her

4-year-old daughter.

Carolyn Riley is accused of overmedicating her daughter, , on powerful

drugs prescribed by a psychiatrist who diagnosed the girl with attention deficit

hyperactivity disorder and bipolar disorder by the time she was 3. Her husband,

, faces a separate trial.

A jury began deliberating about noon Friday.

Defense lawyers say Riley died of a fast-moving pneumonia, not a drug

overdose.

The case reignited debate in the psychiatric community about whether young

children can accurately be diagnosed with bipolar disorder and whether they

should be given powerful drugs usually prescribed for adults.

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Jury Debates Fate Of Mom In Girl's OD Death

02/05/2010 -- A jury has begun deliberations in the trial of a Massachusetts

woman accused of murder in the fatal prescription drug overdose of her

4-year-old daughter.

Carolyn Riley is accused of overmedicating her daughter, , on powerful

drugs prescribed by a psychiatrist who diagnosed the girl with attention deficit

hyperactivity disorder and bipolar disorder by the time she was 3. Her husband,

, faces a separate trial.

A jury began deliberating about noon Friday.

Defense lawyers say Riley died of a fast-moving pneumonia, not a drug

overdose.

The case reignited debate in the psychiatric community about whether young

children can accurately be diagnosed with bipolar disorder and whether they

should be given powerful drugs usually prescribed for adults.

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not be published, broadcast, rewritten or re

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Jury Debates Fate Of Mom In Girl's OD Death

02/05/2010 -- A jury has begun deliberations in the trial of a Massachusetts

woman accused of murder in the fatal prescription drug overdose of her

4-year-old daughter.

Carolyn Riley is accused of overmedicating her daughter, , on powerful

drugs prescribed by a psychiatrist who diagnosed the girl with attention deficit

hyperactivity disorder and bipolar disorder by the time she was 3. Her husband,

, faces a separate trial.

A jury began deliberating about noon Friday.

Defense lawyers say Riley died of a fast-moving pneumonia, not a drug

overdose.

The case reignited debate in the psychiatric community about whether young

children can accurately be diagnosed with bipolar disorder and whether they

should be given powerful drugs usually prescribed for adults.

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not be published, broadcast, rewritten or re

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Jury Debates Fate Of Mom In Girl's OD Death

02/05/2010 -- A jury has begun deliberations in the trial of a Massachusetts

woman accused of murder in the fatal prescription drug overdose of her

4-year-old daughter.

Carolyn Riley is accused of overmedicating her daughter, , on powerful

drugs prescribed by a psychiatrist who diagnosed the girl with attention deficit

hyperactivity disorder and bipolar disorder by the time she was 3. Her husband,

, faces a separate trial.

A jury began deliberating about noon Friday.

Defense lawyers say Riley died of a fast-moving pneumonia, not a drug

overdose.

The case reignited debate in the psychiatric community about whether young

children can accurately be diagnosed with bipolar disorder and whether they

should be given powerful drugs usually prescribed for adults.

Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may

not be published, broadcast, rewritten or re

Sent via BlackBerry by AT & T