American kids take more psychotropic medications than European kids
This study published in the September issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health compared the use of psychotropic medications – drugs that affect psychological function – among children ages 0 to 19 years old in the US, Germany, and the Netherlands. These drugs are for prescription use and include antidepressants, stimulants, tranquilizers, antipsychotics [...]
