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A group of authors from various disciplines explain why there has been a 300-percent increase in the use of psychotropic medications List of medications which are used to treat psychiatric conditions on the market in the United States. A
- Abilify - antipsychotic used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and agitation
for children under the age of 20 and why prescriptions for preschoolers have skyrocketed. The authors question the causes, describe the risks and discuss how emotional, social, cultural and physical environments can both damage and heal young minds. The book also looks at the controversy of whether psychiatrie medications are safe or effective for children and what is known about their effects on brains that are still developing.
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