After watching the PBS Frontline film "The Medicated Child," please answer the following questions:
1. What are your initial thoughts and feelings after watching this film?
2. When (if ever) do you feel it is appropriate for a child to take psychiatric medications- at what age and in which situations?
3. Although you do not make decisions or specific recommendations on psychiatric medications for your clients, what can you do as a therapist working with children and their parents in order to better prepare them to make these decisions?
4. What are the pros and cons of taking psychiatric medications?