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“I was almost despondent to believe that the kids under the age of one, babies under age one, were receiving this kind of medication.”
—United States Senator Thomas Carper, lead requestor of the 2011 GAO Child Foster Care report, and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee.
“Eye-Opening. A change in our attitudes, thinking and our actions is called for. Granett has taken a bold step in helping parents, teachers, politicians and medical professionals educate themselves to help our children.”
—Don Rush, columnist and assistant publisher, The Clarkston News.
“They subverted science and induced others to betray people they were supposed to be taking care of. To me that is reprehensible.”
—Allen Jones, former investigator of Pennsylvania’s Office of Inspector General, Bureau of Special Investigations, and plaintiff vs. Johnson & Johnson.
“The American Epidemic: Solutions for Over-medicating Our Youth is an informative read, advocating a positive action plan for the American educational system in children with behavioral conditions.”
—Bart Clark, Independence Township Superintendent
Frank J. Granett, R.ph., is a board-certified pharmacist with more than twenty-five years of consultative experience, specializing in attention deficit disorder and psychiatric drug therapy. He is the clinical director of pharmacy operations at BCOM Psychiatric Hospital in Warren, Michigan, and the founder of the non-profit organization Coalition Against Overmedicating Our Youth. A father of six children, Frank hosts the Over Medicating Our Youth TV series, dedicated to helping parents help their children determine the cause of behavioral conditions by ruling out nutritional, physiological, and environmental risk factors prior to premature drug therapy. He has been a featured guest on more than thirty-five syndicated radio programs across the United States.
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Family Unit
Chapter 2 Evolution of the Behavioral Health Crisis in America
Chapter 3 ADHD and Autism Risk Factors
Chapter 4 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: America’s Epidemic
Chapter 5 Plan of Correction: Pharmacists and Physicians Lead to Protect Children
Chapter 6 Solutions for America’s Epidemic
Chapter 7 Suicide Prevention
Chapter 8 How to Develop a Healthy Mind
Chapter 9 Psychological and Alternative Bio-assessments
Chapter 10 Leaders Must Lead
Chapter 11 A New Vision
Glossary
References