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Article: Insomnia prescribing all over the map in children.(News)
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- Pediatric News
- Article date:
- November 1, 2005
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DENVER -- Child psychiatrists view insomnia as "a major problem" in nearly one-third of their patients, according to a national survey.
The questionnaire survey completed by 1,271 actively practicing members of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry revealed they take a highly variable clinical approach to insomnia in their patients, who typically have associated behavioral, neurodevelopmental, or psychiatric conditions. They prescribe a wide array of sleep medications, all off label. But 15% of child psychiatrists indicated they do not prescribe drugs for this purpose because they have not found them effective, Carol L. Rosen, M.D., reported at the ...
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