Tompkins County Public Library

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

LIBRARY TO HOST AUTHOR AND THERAPY DOG

The Tompkins County Public Library will host Author and Social Worker Elizabeth E. Root for a discussion and signing of her new book, KIDS Caught in the Psychiatric Maelstrom: How Pathological Labels and "Therapeutic" Drugs Hurt Children and Families, Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 6:00 PM in BorgWarner Community Room.

Root's book explores the dramatic increase in the issuance of prescription drugs for children with mental health disorders and explores alternatives to improve the emotional health of children without drugs.

Root will also bring her therapy dog, Leo, a miniature poodle, to the presentation.

Books will be available for sale, and Root will sign copies before and after the presentation.

For more information, contact Carrie Wheeler-Carmenatty at (607) 272-4557 extension 248.

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