Kids, Culture, and Psychiatric Drugs

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot, interviews Dr. Lawrence H. Diller, M.D., author of The Last Normal Child: Essays on the Intersection of Kids, Culture, and Psychiatric Drugs published by Praeger Publishers.

Dr. Lawrence H. Diller M.D. is a behavioral/developmental pediatrician in Walnut Creek, CA and on the clinical faculty of the University of California, San Francisco. 

Dr. Diller is the author of many professional articles and the books,  Should I Medicate My Child? Sane Solutions for Troubled Kids with and without Psychiatric Drugs and Running on Ritalian: A Physician Reflects on Children , Society and Performance in a Pill.

He has offered testimony to a House Congressional Subcommittee and was an expert witness to the President's Council on Bioethics.  Dr. Diller has appeared on every major talk show several times and is called reguarly to speak on TV and radio whenever children's psychiatric medication is in the news. Visit his website.