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Four-year-old DJ is currently taking a mixture of behavior-modifying medications, from "The Medicated Child" (Frontline)Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
More children are using powerful psychiatric drugs than ever before. We examine whether these medications are safe. Also, a look at affordable housing that actually improves people’s lives. And one woman’s yearlong experiment consulting with ten self-help gurus. Plus, how Napoleon’s scientists opened up Egypt to the West.
Find out how you can participate in our new film series, Political Projections. You can watch a few selected movies about campaigns, and then tune in tomorrow, Jan. 8, for a discussion.
The Problems with Medicating Children
There are more than 6 million American children taking powerful psychiatric drugs. Many of these children have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and they’re taking medications whose long-term side effects haven't been determined. This is the subject of PBS Frontline’s “The Medicated Child.” Will Cohen is the co-producer.
"The Medicated Child" premieres on Tuesday, January 8 at 9 pm.
Weigh in: Does your child have bipolar disorder? If so, do you medicate him or her?
A Yearlong Self-Help Journey
Beth Lisick didn’t consider herself a typical self-help victim. But after a yearlong experiment consulting with ten self-help gurus, she found herself succumbing to their ideas. Her journey is described in Helping Me Help Myself.
Weigh in: Do you read self-help books? If so, why? And what self-help gurus do you look to for advice?
Event:
Beth Lisick will be speaking and signing books
Tuesday, January 8th
at the Barnes & Noble in Tribeca
97 Warren Street
at 7 o'clock
How the West Discovered Ancient Egypt
Until 200 years ago, only the most reckless Europeans dared to explore Egypt. Its history and peoples aroused great interest in Europe. But it wasn’t until Napoleon sent his best scientists to the Nile Valley that Egypt was exposed to the West. This story is told by Nina Burleigh in Mirage.
Event: Nina Burleigh will be speaking and signing books
Monday, January 7 at 6 pm
Explorer’s Club
46 East 70th Street (between Park and Madison Avenues)
Dignified Affordable Housing
There are a number of architects and non-profit organizations working to create dignified affordable housing that can improve people’s lives. Three of them share their personal projects and experiences with affordable housing: Marianne Cusato, created Katrina Houses for the Gulf Coast, Andrew Bernheimer, worked on green low-income apartments in East New York, and Lori Girvan of Common Ground, a non-profit that places people in lower income houses and owns several buildings in New York City.
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