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Study finds lack of psychotherapy and no mental health diagnosis in most teen antipsychotic use
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7567
pISSN - 1527-8395
DOI - 10.1002/cpu.30066
Subject(s) - antipsychotic , aggression , psychiatry , mental health , psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , medicine , clinical psychology , psychotherapist
Antipsychotic prescribing increased for adolescents and young adults during the 2006–2010 time period, with most probably being used to treat behavioral problems like aggression that normal teens age out of, according to a new study looking at trends and patterns of antipsychotic prescribing among young people.