Use of Antipsychotics in Children Is CriticizedUse of Antipsychotics in Children Is Criticized - NYTimes.com More than 389,000 children and teenagers were treated last year with Risperdal, one of five popular medicines known as atypical antipsychotics. Of those patients, 240,000 were 12 or younger, according to data presented to the committee. In many cases, the drug was prescribed to treat attention deficit disorders.
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