Number of Canadian Children on Antidepressants & Antipsychotics up by one third: study
The Jill Bennett Show · CKNW / Curiouscast
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Show Notes
Canadian doctors are increasingly medicating children with antidepressants and antipsychotics, suggests a new study. Experts worry this is the latest sign of using drugs to achieve "behavioural control". Nationally, antipsychotic dispensing to Canadian children and youth increased by 33 percent over a four-year period, while the rate of antidepressants jumped 63 percent, new research shows. Quebec had the highest pediatric antipsychotic dispensing rate in the country, with 253 prescriptions filled for every 1,000 youth under 18.
Guest: Dr. Paul Kurdyak- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
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