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FYI Begin forwarded message: >From: "Bendersky, Judith F (HSS)" ><<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]> >Date: January 4, 2008 8:10:33 PM EST (CA) >To: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] >Subject: FW: Upcoming PBS Frontline Program - National Alliance on >Mental Illness > >Happy New Year to all of you!! We wanted to alert you to an >upcoming PBS Frontline program that will air next week. Here is the >pertinent information: > >FRONTLINE Presents The Medicated Child to Air on PBS January 8th > >FRONTLINE will be airing a show titled, The Medicated Child, on >Tuesday, January 8th at 9:00p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings). >Please Note: NAMI has not had an opportunity to view the program in >advance and did not provide any input into its content. However, >here is information FRONTLINE provided us with about the show: > >The program explores how in recent years, there's been a dramatic >increase in the number of children being diagnosed with serious >psychiatric disorders and prescribed medications that are just >beginning to be tested in children. The drugs can cause serious side >effects, and virtually nothing is known about their long-term >impact. FRONTLINE producer Marcela Gaviria confronts psychiatrists, >researchers and government regulators about the risks and benefits >of prescription drugs for troubled children. The biggest current >controversy surrounds the diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Formerly >called manic depression, bipolar disorder was long believed to exist >only in adults, but, in the mid-1990s, bipolar in children began to >be diagnosed at much higher rates, sometimes in kids as young >as 4 years old. > >FRONTLINE has launched a Web site where you can watch a preview of >the program and read a full description. Here is the link to the Web >site: ><http://www.pbs.org/frontline/medicatedchild>http://www.pbs.org/frontline/medicatedchild > >Best, > >Darcy Gruttadaro -- Bryan Dague, Ed.D. University of Vermont Center on Disability & Community Inclusion Mann Hall, 3rd Floor 208 Colchester Ave. Burlington, VT 05405-1757 Email: [log in to unmask] Phone: (802) 656-1345 Fax: (802) 656-1357 TTY: (802) 656-8499 Website: http://www.uvm.edu/~cdci/