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The use of antidepressants by British child psychiatrists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

David J. Bramble  and
Simon D. Dunkley
David J. Bramble
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Leicester, Clinical Sciences Building, Leicester Royal Infirmary, PO Box 65, Leicester LE2 7LX
Simon D. Dunkley
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Leicester, Clinical Sciences Building, Leicester Royal Infirmary, PO Box 65, Leicester LE2 7LX
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The controversy concerning psychotropic drug use in children has waged over several decades. The recent trend in treatment has moved towards problem-orientated, eclectic and flexible approaches to disturbed children and their families, away from specific “pure” therapy models. Erstwhile over-use of medication in certain conditions, for example psycho-stimulants in hyperactive children in the USA (Werry et al (1980), has handicapped the development of paediatric psychopharmacology.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 16 , Issue 7 , July 1992 , pp. 396 - 398
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1992

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