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More and More Toddlers Prescribed Antipsychotics

Do 18-month-olds need extreme psychiatric medicine?

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 2, 2010 11:17 AM CDT

(Newser) – Kyle Warren was given his first dose of antipsychotic drugs to deal with his temper tantrums at 18 months. By age three, he’d been diagnosed with autism, bipolar disorder, hyperactivity, insomnia, and oppositional defiant disorder, and was taking a fistful of psychiatric medicine each...   Read full story »

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