February 17th, 2008 by admin
Mental Health in Children:Nutrition as a Common Sense Alternative to Medications and Labels
By Scott M. Shannon, MD
The American medical profession has rejected and avoided the science of nutrition for over a century. Most American physicians ignore well-proven nutritional interventions in spite of solid science, low cost, good safety and exploding patient demand. Our doctors dismiss the value of nutrition without understanding or exploring the information. The pattern is set in medical school where minimal time is devoted to this topic. Sadly, nowhere is this anti-nutrition mindset more obvious than in the specialty of psychiatry. Read the rest of this entry »
February 9th, 2008 by admin
A NEW CHILD PSYCHIATRY: A VISION OF HOPE
By Scott M. Shannon, MD
Every day I hear these concerns from parents struggling to find effective help for their suffering child:
“Dr. Shannon, I have been given three different labels for my son and he still isn’t better.”
“Dr. Shannon, my daughter has been in therapy for two years and she is still suicidal; what can we do to help her?” Read the rest of this entry »
August 18th, 2007 by admin
Bringing Your Baby Home from the Neonatal ICU
By Laura Nathanson, M.D., FAAP,
Author of What You Don’t Know Can Kill You
Discharge From the Neonatal ICU
It’s natural to have mixed emotions when you take your baby (or babies!) home from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. You’re thrilled to have Cherub all to yourself, but struggle with doubts: Can you really care for this fragile being? Do you really understand what that care consists of? Read the rest of this entry »
July 17th, 2007 by admin
I Wanna Go Home!
When Your Child is in the Hospital
By Laura Nathanson, M.D., FAAP,
Author of What You Don’t Know Can Kill You
When a child is admitted to the hospital, pediatricians have the same concerns that families have: make sure the child stays safe, comfortable, and as emotionally secure as possible.
In my childcare book The Portable Pediatrician, I talk about the emotional meaning of hospitalization for children of each age group from Birth to Five. (It’s in the “What If” section of each age-based chapter, along with such challenges as parental divorce, death of a pet, arrival of a new sibling, and so on.) While I still stand by that advice, there have been three big changes since then when it comes to keeping children as safe and as comfortable as possible: Read the rest of this entry »
July 10th, 2007 by admin
As reported by Reuters Health today, findings from a recent research study published in Psychological Sciences suggests that family life and biology both play a role in a child’s personality development. Also suggesting exaggerated stress responses by children who live in stressful family environments can lead to behavior problems.
After reading the findings of this study reported on by Reuters Health, I am thinking many of the findings didn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out. As we all know family life plays a pivotal role in the development of our children but nonetheless worth reading. To read the article click here.
