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More kids get drugs that treat psychosis

...Calvin Sumner, said However, Lilly is studying data from clinical trials where That is an increase from 8.6 out of every 1,000 children in the mid-1990s to nearly 40 out of 1,000.But more than half of the prescriptions were for attention deficit and other non-psychotic conditions, the researchers said.The findings are worrisome "because it looks like these medications are being used for large numbers of children in a setting where we don't know if they work," said lead author Dr.

William Cooper, a pediatrician at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital.The increasing use of anti-psychotics since the mid-1990s corresponds with the introduction of costly and heavily marketed medications such as and used to treat schizophrenia, and Risperdal.

The packaging information for both says their safety and effectiveness in children have not been established.Anti-psychotics are intended for use against schizophrenia and other psychotic illnesses.However, attention deficit disorder is sometimes accompanied by temper outbursts and other disruptive behavior.

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