Frank Granett described to Lon Woodbury, radio host for the Struggling Teen's L.A. Talk Radio program, that the primary reasons ADHD and depressive disorder have actually become an epidemic in this country is because of environmental, nutritional, and physiological reasons. He thinks that one causative element behind this epidemic amongst children is that we are overmedicating our youth.
About Frank Granett
Frank Granett is a Board Certified Pharmacist with over 25 years of consultative pharmacy experience, specializing in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and psychiatric medications. In his book "Over Medicating Our Youth: The Public Awareness Guide for A.D.D. and Psychiatric Medications", he outlines how careless prescriptions are creating harmful long-term effects on children. He is the founder of the Coalition Against Overmedicating Our Youth (CAOOY).
Why Are We Over Medicating Our Youth?
Granett talked about just how ADHD grew to such epidemic proportion. In the last five years alone, 12 million young people in the U.S.A. have actually been diagnosed as having ADHD. This is three times the rest of the kids in the world. Nonetheless, this higher number might be due to the very way ADHD is detected, which is based upon a behavioral analyses rather than looking at original biological factors. The outcome of this kind of quick assessment is that we are overmedicating our youth.
The response to this "epidemic" of ADHD has been overmedication, with millions of children being put on antianxiety, antidepressant, and antipsychotic drugs. Even those as young as 4 years are being put on these drugs. In addition, this overmedication has developed another troubling statistic: the number two cause of university student is suicide.
Granett discussed how the conditions for this perfect storm has actually been brewing over the past 40 years, when ADHD was first diagnosed. His study has actually led him to conclude that poor nutrition, as well as the rash, often superficial analysis that passes for diagnosis is responsible for the epidemic. He outlined some of the most effective methods mothers and fathers, teachers, instructors, and counselors could find out more about the real facts behind ADHD. He also recommended a dietary change to help youngsters suspected of ADHD. He suggested the use of enzymes, as well as avoiding foods which triggered hypoglycemia and behavioral aberrations due to a spike in adrenalin.
Granett also explained the role CAOOY, an organization he founded which provides physicians, parents, and educators the knowledge they need to make informed decisions regarding the use of stimulant and psychiatric medications in children, and will unite parents, educators, and physicians to lead this reform.
Final Thoughts
The guests revealed to Lon how vital it is to do a bio-assessment of the causes for the symptoms before issuing a prescription instead of merely basing their decisions on behavior outlined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. Merely doing an assessment based on behavior has resulted in a great increase in premature drug therapy. While this may prove to be a short-term solution to arrest visibly disruptive behavior, research is beginning to show over medicating our youth has long-term negative effects on their development.
About Frank Granett
Frank Granett is a Board Certified Pharmacist with over 25 years of consultative pharmacy experience, specializing in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and psychiatric medications. In his book "Over Medicating Our Youth: The Public Awareness Guide for A.D.D. and Psychiatric Medications", he outlines how careless prescriptions are creating harmful long-term effects on children. He is the founder of the Coalition Against Overmedicating Our Youth (CAOOY).
Why Are We Over Medicating Our Youth?
Granett talked about just how ADHD grew to such epidemic proportion. In the last five years alone, 12 million young people in the U.S.A. have actually been diagnosed as having ADHD. This is three times the rest of the kids in the world. Nonetheless, this higher number might be due to the very way ADHD is detected, which is based upon a behavioral analyses rather than looking at original biological factors. The outcome of this kind of quick assessment is that we are overmedicating our youth.
The response to this "epidemic" of ADHD has been overmedication, with millions of children being put on antianxiety, antidepressant, and antipsychotic drugs. Even those as young as 4 years are being put on these drugs. In addition, this overmedication has developed another troubling statistic: the number two cause of university student is suicide.
Granett discussed how the conditions for this perfect storm has actually been brewing over the past 40 years, when ADHD was first diagnosed. His study has actually led him to conclude that poor nutrition, as well as the rash, often superficial analysis that passes for diagnosis is responsible for the epidemic. He outlined some of the most effective methods mothers and fathers, teachers, instructors, and counselors could find out more about the real facts behind ADHD. He also recommended a dietary change to help youngsters suspected of ADHD. He suggested the use of enzymes, as well as avoiding foods which triggered hypoglycemia and behavioral aberrations due to a spike in adrenalin.
Granett also explained the role CAOOY, an organization he founded which provides physicians, parents, and educators the knowledge they need to make informed decisions regarding the use of stimulant and psychiatric medications in children, and will unite parents, educators, and physicians to lead this reform.
Final Thoughts
The guests revealed to Lon how vital it is to do a bio-assessment of the causes for the symptoms before issuing a prescription instead of merely basing their decisions on behavior outlined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. Merely doing an assessment based on behavior has resulted in a great increase in premature drug therapy. While this may prove to be a short-term solution to arrest visibly disruptive behavior, research is beginning to show over medicating our youth has long-term negative effects on their development.
About the Author:
Lon Woodbury, the founder of Struggling Teens, has recorded the entire interview on his weekly L.A. Talk Radio show for people to listen to at their convenience.
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