Child Psychopharmacology – Gaps in Knowledge
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The rapid growth of child psychopharmacology has been nothing short of being phenomenal. Not only have the types of medications available increased dramatically, but so have their annual rates of production and prescription. But There is, however, inadequate research on the physiological and behavioural effects of psychoactive medications; their long term effects, the mechanisms of their action, their side effects and their interactions with other treatments, both pharamacological and psychoeducational.
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