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Mental Health Information

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HereSince1628

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Thu Jul 2, 2015, 01:42 PM Jul 2015

Sex bias in mental healt treatment...psychologists prescribe boys antipsychotic drugs [View all]

Boys are more likely than girls to receive a prescription for antipsychotic medication regardless of age, researchers have found. Approximately 1.5 percent of boys ages 10-18 received an antipsychotic prescription in 2010, although the percentage falls by nearly half after age 19. Among antipsychotic users with mental disorder diagnoses, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder was the most common among youth ages 1-18, depression was the most common diagnosis among young adults ages 19-24 receiving antipsychotics.

Boys more likely to have antipsychotics prescribed, regardless of age--Antipsychotic prescriptions patterns in the US

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150701114804.htm

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