Anti-psychotic drug use soars in UK children, too

Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Sun, 05/04/2008 - 23:15

CHICAGO (AP) -- American children take anti-psychotic medicines at about six times the rate of children in the United Kingdom, according to a comparison based on a new U.K. study....

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