Psychotropic Drug Use Soars in UK Teens »
Posted By vitalis 1 year, 1 month ago in Health & FitnessPsychotropic Drug Use Soars in UK Teens
The number of children being treated with anti-psychotic drugs has drastically increased in the United Kingdom, according to a study conducted by researchers from University of London's School of Pharmacy and published in the journal Pediatrics.
The increase among children in the United States is believed to be substantially higher still.
Researchers reviewed the records of more than 16,000 children seen by 400 doctors. They found that while fewer than four in 10,000 children were prescribed antipsychotics in 1992, the rate had increased to seven per 10,000 by 2005. When the researchers looked at the rate of new prescriptions, however, it did not appear to have changed much, "which suggests that the patients remain on treatment longer."
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