Experts say medication should be a last resort for children and teenagers.
However, some medication should be discussed as soon as possible after the assault.
This medication should be over the counter or at least easily accessible.
For people at moderately high risk, lowering L.D.L. to below 100 with medication should be seriously considered, the report said.
Assessments of such children and the prescribing of Ritalin or any other psychotropic medication should be undertaken by doctors who are trained in child and adolescent psychiatry.
"I would like the National Institute of Clinical Excellence to produce authoritative guidelines on when medication should be prescribed and when other approaches should be used," says Taylor.
It is understandable that if a patient is ill and does not respond well to treatment, a change in medication should be considered.
No child should ever receive a diagnosis without a careful, comprehensive assessment, and no medication should be prescribed without equal vigilance.
Non-compliance in taking the medication should be evaluated.
The medication should be available to the patients also at school.
How did we come to expect that all medication should be without side effects?
