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Mental illness hard to treat in children  view story
Monday, February 7, 2005
HOLLY AUER - - Charleston Post and Courier
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Christopher Pittman is on trial for murder, his defense hinging on an attempt to indict the system that cares for mentally ill children in America.
Pittman's attorneys claim the prescription antidepressant Zoloft unleashed a violent rage in the then-12-year-old boy that led to the shooting deaths of his grandparents. Testimony presented so far in the case, including that of the doctor who prescribed Pittman the drug shortly before the Chester County killings, shines light on a set of growing concerns in the psychiatric community.
Among them: a shortage of doctors who specialize in child psychiatry, poor communication between doctors who treat mentally ill children and questions about how to select a child's medication.
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