Infants and toddlers are too young for psychotropics; parent therapy better

A December 10, 2015, article in The New York Times headlined “Still in a Crib, Yet Being Given Antipsychotics” was sharply critical of infants being given psychiatric medications that have never been studied in such young ages. In the opening scenario, an 18‐month‐old had violent behavior resulting from an epilepsy medication and was given risperidone, despite the fact that it is not approved for children that young.
Source: The Brown University Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology Update - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Antipsychotics Source Type: research