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Article: Drugging teenaged boys.(psychotropic drug usage)(Brief article)
- Article from:
- Multinational Monitor
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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TEENAGED BOYS GOING TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE in the United States have a one-in-10 chance of being prescribed a psychotropic drug, according to a Brandeis University study in the January issue of the journal Psychiatric Services.
The study found that psychotropic drug prescriptions for teenagers in the United States skyrocketed 250 per cent between 1994 and 2001.
"We believe that direct-to-consumer advertising and other marketing strategies are key in encouraging greater use of psychotropics," the study authors contend, "particularly for the increased use found after 1999 [when the federal government allowed direct-to-consumer advertising and looser ...
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