Tag: polypharmacy
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Over-Prescribed or Under-Diagnosed?
Psychotropic Medications for Children Psychotropic medications, which can alter mood, perception, cognition, and behavior, have become a commonplace treatment for psychiatric disorders, eclipsing even the use of psychotherapy as a preferred treatment.[1] Children ages 0-18 also receive psychotropic meds to treat a variety of disorders including ADHD/ADD, anxiety, depression, psychosis and other disorders. Applying psychopharmacology…