British Columbia, for example, has funded the dedicated Provincial Mental Health Metabolic
Program at BC Children's Hospital to help monitor and mitigate the adverse effects …

Childhood and adolescence is a period of extraordinary biological, psychological and social
growth. However, at such times, individuals are also vulnerable to disruptions of healthy …

Background Aggressive and disruptive behaviours are frequently observed in children.
Short-term use of antipsychotics with monitoring for adverse effects is recommended when …

Antipsychotic Use in Children and Adolescents: Minimizing Adverse Effects to Maximize
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In the last 2 decades, the advances of evidencebased medicine have had a palpable
influence on psychiatry. In pediatric psychiatry, this has led to increased acceptance of the …

FOrevyord The burden of suffering experienced by children with mental health needs and
their families has created a health crisis in this country. Growing numbers of children are …

Since their discovery in the 1950s, antipsychotics have become an important
pharmacological treatment option for a number of severe mental disorders. In children and …

For more than 20 years, psychotropic medication trends have been steadily increasing for
youth (1–9). The United States leads the world in high prevalence rates of use. In Europe …

The Science and Ethics of Antipsychotic Use in Children reviews the latest findings for the
safety and efficacy of the rapidly rising incidence of antipsychotic use in children and …

Psychopharmacological treatment is an important component of the multimodal intervention
approach to treating mental health conditions in children and adolescents. Currently, there …