[Psychotropic drugs in childhood and adolescence. Value and indications for pharmacotherapy of psychiatric disorders].
Treatment with psychopharmaceuticals in childhood is controversial. From time to time, reports are brought by the press on excessive consumption of psychopharmaceuticals by children. It is shown that such press reports do not stand critical examination. The prescribing of such drugs in childhood requires great care, considerable knowledge and meticulous observance of indications. The most important indications are outlined. Psychiatric treatment in children and adolescents is always "multi-pronged".
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D011619:Psychotropic Drugs
Psychopharmaka im Kindes- und Jugendalter. Stellenwert und Indikation der Pharmakotherapie psychischer Störungen.