Article warns against using antipsychotic medications for nonpsychotic children

Disruptive behavior and aggression are increasingly being treated with antipsychotic medications, prescribed off‐label to control behaviors, especially in vulnerable children, like those in foster care. While antipsychotics are approved to treat pediatric psychotic disorders, as well as aggressive behaviors in children with autism, their off‐label use, especially considering the largely unstudied developmental risks, raises questions.
Source: The Brown University Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology Update - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Disruptive Behavior Source Type: research