We All Have Issues

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 1, 2010
New York Times and New York Times Magazine contributing writer Judith Warner, argues that the assumption that kids are over-diagnosed and over-medicalized for mental health disorders is potentially very destructive. She discusses her new book We've Got Issues: Children and Parents in the Age of Medication.

Event tonight: Judith Warner in conversation with New York Times columnist Lisa Belkin at the Parents League of New York; 6:30pm, free and open to the public.

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