Not exact matches
Among patients treated with antipsychotics 75.8 % (5,403) used at least one other
psychotropic drug during the antipsychotic
treatment period.
The standard traditional
treatment is prescription of Ritalin, Concerta, or similar
psychotropic drugs to help control the symptoms.
But most people — scientists included — are astonished to realize that most of our antibiotics to combat infections, chemotherapy
drugs against cancer,
psychotropic drugs which modify mood disorders, and many advances in cardiovascular
treatments and procedures were stumbled upon.
Given the diagnostic creep in the DSM and the increasing use of
psychotropic drugs, many more of us may be diagnosably crazy than we would've been before mental health
treatment became so seemingly scientific.
Since the Safe Home for Life reforms, administering a
psychotropic drug to a child in out - of - home care for the purpose of controlling behaviour has no longer been classified as «special medical
treatment».
If your child is prescribed an antidepressant, antipsychotic, anxiolytic, stimulant, or other
psychotropic drug, consider finding a therapist or counselor to pair with the
drug treatment.