Rage Free Kids: Homeopathic Medicine for Defiant, Aggressive and Violent Children

356 Pages·2014·44.57 MB·English

by  Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman

"Before you consider using medications to treat your
aggressive child, please read this book!"
—From the Forewordby Bruce Gryniewski,
executive director, The Ceasefire Foundation ofWashington
Homeopathic Medicine
for Defiant, Aggressive,
and Violent Children
Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, N.D., M.S.W.
Prima
and Robert Ullman, N.D.

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Robert Ullman, N.D.
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To parents everywhere who are trying
to give their children a healthy loving start.
And to kids everywhere, who deep down are doing
their best to grow up into healthy adults
despite a not always ideal environment.

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Contents
Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction xvii
Part One
Wrestling with Rage
1. Violent Kids in a Violent World
The Sobering Statistics 3
2. What Makes Kids Aggressive?
The Causes of Rebellious and
Violent Behavior 1
3. Desperate Parents
Living with a Difficult Child 33
4. Reasons Behind Rage
What Kids Tell Us and What They Need 43
5. Dedicated Doctors Using Drastic Drugs
Whatever Works 52
Part Two
Homeopathy:
Safe and Effective Natural Medicine
About Homeopathy
6.
What and Why You Should Know
It Is
About 67
It
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viii Contents
7. A Different Answer for Difficult Kids
New Hope for Treating Defiance
and Aggression 79
8. Treating Kids, Not Diagnoses
Individual Treatment for Unique Children 88
9. What to Expect from Homeopathic Medicine
The Typical Course ofTreatment 95
10. How to Cope with Your Challenging Child
Survival Strategies for Families 104
11. The More Help, the Better
For Teachers and Juvenile Justice
Professionals 113
12. Let's Put Our Heads Together
For Physicians, Psychologists, and Other
Mental Health Professionals 121
Part Three
True Stories from Our Clinical Practice:
Homeopathic Successes with Defiant;
Aggressive and Violent Kids
;
13. Temper Tantrums in Toddlers and Beyond
A Rough Beginning 131
ADHD
14. Plus Anger
Defiant Kids with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder 143
15. Definitely Defiant and Disobedient
Oppositional-Defiant Disorder 171
16. Choosing Wrong over Right
Crossing the Line to Conduct Disorder 200
17. A Legacy ofAbuse and Neglect
The Scars That Are Hardest to Heal 221