Bloomberg News has reported that GlaxoSmithKline, the manufacturer of the antidepressant prescription drug Paxil, has entered into settlements with nearly 200 families for a total of $1 billion. The families charged in lawsuits that Paxil caused birth defects.

Antipsychotic drugs widely used in children caused youths to gain as much as 19 pounds on average after just 11 weeks on the medications

The San Francisco Chronicle ran a powerful and disturbing story today on the dangers of newly approved psychiatric medications that are harming and even killing children: as these drugs and sad tales of their effects proliferate, more parents are fighting back.