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| Title |
The impact of prescribed psychotropics on youth
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health, October 2007
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| DOI | 10.1186/1745-0179-3-21 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Shaheen E Lakhan, Gareth E Hagger-Johnson |
| Abstract |
Many psychotropics prescribed to children are unlicensed or off-label. This article uses the two most prescribed psychotropics (MPH and SSRIs) to illustrate various concerns about their impact on youth. Many mental illnesses begin in childhood or early adulthood, warranting a treatment of some kind. However, commentators have argued that prescribing is influenced by five myths: (1) children are little adults; (2) children have no reason to develop depression or anxiety; (3) psychiatric disorders are the same across adults and children; (3) children can be prescribed lower doses of the same drug; (5) drugs are preferable to alternative treatments and are more successful. Several lines of evidence suggest that these are incorrect assumptions. We update readers with recent research in relation to these myths, concluding that researchers should clarify child/adult differences for psychotropics, attend to the growth of "cosmetic" use of psychotropics in children and adolescents, and address concerns about the diagnostic validity of mental illness in the current DSM classification system. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 10 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 20% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 10% |
| Unknown | 7 | 70% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 90% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 10% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 137 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Sudan | 1 | <1% |
| Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 131 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 24 | 18% |
| Researcher | 17 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 12% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 13 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 9% |
| Other | 27 | 20% |
| Unknown | 27 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 43 | 31% |
| Psychology | 24 | 18% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 9% |
| Neuroscience | 6 | 4% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 18 | 13% |
| Unknown | 28 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 31. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 April 2024.
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