New anti-psychotic drugs carry risks for children (Sunday, January 27, 2008)

The first solution should be "do no harm." Many clinicians are realizing neurofeedback is a logical choice for improving self-regulation.  

Nancy Thomas remembers the bad old days when she had to wear long-sleeve clothes to church to cover bite marks all over her arms from her daughter Alexa's rages.

At age 8, Alexa was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. She was a violent child with sharp mood swings and meltdowns that drove her to tear up the house. Antidepressants and drugs for attention-deficit disorder had only made Alexa more aggressive, Thomas says.
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