The choice is between psychosocial interventions and drug therapy. Most children with psychiatric disorders do not receive appropriate evaluation and treatment. A practice parameter offers guidance.

Multiple doctors in Busan have been caught prescribing psychotropic appetite suppressants, such as phentermine, far beyond ...

An audit conducted this summer revealed that children in Florida's foster care system are being prescribed powerful psychotropic medications at alarmingly high rates. In many cases, state child ...

Growing numbers of children and adolescents are being prescribed multiple psychiatric drugs to take simultaneously, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Maryland. The ...

Psychotropic medication is an important part of the treatment plans for some aviation personnel with mental health disorders. However, in the aviation population, medication use is highly regulated, ...