The rate of children aged 2 to 5 who are given antipsychotic medications has doubled in recent years, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Presumably, children with the most severe mental problems would be given the potent drugs. Yet less than half of these children had received any mental health assessment or treatment from a psychotherapist or psychiatrist, the study noted. "It is a worrisome trend, partly because very little is known about the short-term, let alone the long-term, safety of these drugs in this age group," said study author Dr. Mark Olfson.
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