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Article: Parental attitudes and opinions on the use of psychotropic medication in mental disorders of childhood.(Software)
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- Annals of General Psychiatry
- Article date:
- November 15, 2007
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Authors: Helen Lazaratou [1]; Dimitris C Anagnostopoulos (corresponding author) [1]; Elias V Alevizos [2]; Fotini Haviara [1]; Dimitris N Ploumpidis [1]
Background
Although psychotropic medications have been used for the treatment of psychiatric disorders for more than 50 years, less attention has been given to their utilization for the treatment of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. The limited number of systematic, controlled studies to assess the safety and efficacy of psychotropic medications for children, and the psychodynamic orientation of the majority of child psychiatrists [1, 2], reinforces the hesitation and reluctance of ...
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