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- Asperger Syndrome: Transition to College and Work DVD
- By CoulterVideo
This video details the things people with Asperger's Syndrome need to do to prepare for college and to find and hold a job.
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- Medicating Kids
- By PBS / Frontline
In "Medicating Kids," FRONTLINE examines the dramatic increase in the prescription of behavior-modifying drugs for children. Are these medications really necessary--and safe--for young children, or merely a harried nation's quick fix for annoying, yet age-appropriate, behavior?
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- The Medicated Child
- By PBS / Frontline
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. "It's really to some extent an experiment, trying medications in these children of this age," child psychiatrist Dr. Patrick Bacon tells FRONTLINE. "It's a gamble. And I tell parents there's no way to know what's going to work."
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