More Kids Are Getting Anti-Psychotic Drugs

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I am also concerned with how easily some docs hand over meds for kids.

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psychocat Reviewed by psychocat on 03-22-2006. More Kids Are Getting Anti-Psychotic Drugs More Kids Are Getting Anti-Psychotic Drugs AP / LINDSEY TANNER | March 18 2006 CHICAGO - Soaring numbers of American children are being prescribed anti-psychotic drugs â?? in many cases, for attention deficit disorder or other behavioral problems for which these medications have not been proven to work, a study found. The annual number of children prescribed anti-psychotic drugs jumped fivefold between 1995 and 2002, to an estimated 2.5 million, the study said. That is an increase Rating: 5