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PUBLISHED: Apr.10.2012

Dosed: The Medication Generation Grows Up

Over the last two decades, we have seen a dramatic spike in young people taking psychiatric medication. As new drugs have come on the market and diagnoses have proliferated, prescriptions have increased many times over. The issue has sparked heated debates, with most arguments breaking down into predictable pro-med advocacy or anti-med jeremiads. Yet, we’ve heard little from...

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Feb.15.2012

Dosed: The Medication Generation Grows Up

Published by Kirkus Reviews

As a member of this group herself, Barnett explores the issues faced by the first generation of children, now entering adulthood, who were treated with psychopharmaceutical...

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Dosed is a "sometimes disturbing and often heartbreaking debut."”

—Publishers Weekly

About Kaitlin

Kaitlin Bell Barnett is a nonfiction author and journalist with a particular interest in health and mental health. Her first book, Dosed: The Medication Generation Grows Up, comes out in April from Beacon Press. It explores the experiences of young adults -...

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