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Preschoolers antidepressants

The major psychotropic drug classes (stimulants, ttj agonists, antidepressants and neuroleptics) that have been studied in the preschool population are summarized below. [Pg.656]

In the Zito et al. study (2000), antidepressants were the second most commonly prescribed psychotropic medication. There are a total of 10 studies or case reports in the literature examining antidepressant use in preschool children (Table 49.4). None of the 10 studies are randomized, double-blind, or placebo-controlled trials. The ten uncontrolled studies looked at a total of 37 preschool children. Six of the studies looked at a total of 29 preschoolers with autism or childhood schizophrenia (Campbell et ah, 1971a Petti and Campbell, 1975 Holttum et ah, 1994 Sanchez et ah, 1996 DeLong et ah, 1998 Hollander et ah, 2000). While these six studies are difficult to compare, given the small sample sizes and the different treatment medications, these open-label studies suggest that clomipramine, venlafaxine, and fluoxetine may be helpful to reduce some psychiatric symptoms found in autistic... [Pg.661]

TABLE 49.4 Studies of Antidepressants in Preschool-Aged Children... [Pg.661]

As noted above, Zito and colleagues (2000) reported stimulant use in a Medicaid population of 12.3/1000 preschoolers, with rates of stimulants, antidepressants, and other medications such as clonidine increasing dramatically since 1991. Unfortunately, in the absence of efficacy data and details on the actual diagnoses of the children, as well as no documentation of the children s actual functioning or types of care received, this study... [Pg.706]

The number of children ages two to four years of age who are being prescribed stimulants such as Ritalin, antidepressants, and other psychiatric drugs soared by 50% from 1991 to 1995, according to a study of 200,000 preschoolers that appeared in the February 23, 2000, Journal of the American Medical Association JAMA). [Pg.353]


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