Children in America are being given psychotropic medications at an ever-increasing rate, driven by fashionable diagnoses like bipolar disorder. No Child Left Different charts the emergence of this phenomenon, grappling with the issues in a nuanced and constructive way rather than simply expressing horror. But the bottom line is that the book labels what is happening as a folly in the classical meaning of the word-something that was or could have been recognized to be a mistake at the time it was happening. Follies can be amusing and harmless, but this one has the dimensions of a tragedy.

David Healy, PhD, psychiatrist, author of Pharmageddon and Let Them Eat Prozac

[S]ucceeds admirably in alerting the reader to the problems of psychotropic drugs for children....[t]his book raises many potential ethical issues....[o]pens a much needed conversation about the cultural and ethical implications of medical interventions for normalizing individuals.

The Hastings Center Report May-June 2007

[T]akes a critical look at the promotion and overuse of pyschoactive drugs in children.

Easton's Public Library eNewsletter August 2006

A group of authors from various disciplines explain why there has been a 300-percent increase in the use of psychotropic medications for children under the age of 20 and why prescriptions for preschoolers have skyrocketed. The authors question the causes, describe the risks and discuss how emotional, social, cultural and physical environments can both damage and heal young minds. The book also looks at the controversy of whether psychiatric medications are safe or effective for children and what is known about their effects on brains that are still developing.

District Administration March 2006

This work raises important issues concerning the deteriorating mental health of American children. Contributors explore the societal and cultural issues related to this emerging phenomenon, as well as some related theories of psychosocial development and genetics.

Choice November 2006

[T]hose seeking an introduction to alternative ways to view the problems facing Americas children-and progressive solutions to these problems-will appreciate this collection. Editor Sharna Olfman, whose series "Childhood in America" also includes the volumes Childhood Lost: How American Culture is Failing Our Kids and All Work and No Play...:How Educational Reforms Are Harming Our Preschoolers, is to be commended for making this range of views readily accessible.

Metapsychology June 2007