Home > Archive > Attention deficit support > August 2004 > Concerns: Antipsychotics for ADHD kids





You are viewing an archived Text-only version of the thread. To view this thread in it's original format and/or if you want to reply to this thread please [click here]

Author Concerns: Antipsychotics for ADHD kids
nknisley

2004-08-18, 4:08 am

This is a new article from Reuters Health Information:

"Atypical Antipsychotics Increasingly Used in Children"
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/484835

[You may need to register with Medscape to read the article, but
registration is free.]

The article begins:

"Atypical antipsychotic drugs are increasingly being prescribed for
children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and
affective disorders, investigators report. However, there is little
evidence that the benefits of treatment outweigh the risk."


Nancy
Unique, like everyone else

george of the jungle

2004-08-22, 11:11 am

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 18:26:45 GMT, Velvet Elvis
<gamboltREMOVE@softhomTHIS.com> wrote:

>nknisley wrote:
>
>
>
>So guess they are thinking "well, people are all up in arms about kids on
>SSRI's commiting suicide, so I guess we better give them neuroleptics
>instead." That's just nuts.


Yep.

Has the U.S. gone nuts? Are we too crazy to know it?

Aloha,
George
Copyright 2003 - 2008 pahealthsystems.com