Globe Editorial
DRUGS TO combat severe mental illness are among the most powerful in the arsenal of medicine. But they have become controversial in Massachusetts because of the death in December of Rebecca Riley, a 4-year-old who had been diagnosed with bipolar mental illness. She overdosed on Clonidine and two other drugs. Her psychiatrist voluntarily suspended her practice. And Dr. Joseph Biederman, ... (Full article: 451 words)
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