From 1994-2003, the number of children in the US being treated for bipolar disorder increased by 40%, as reported in the September 4th New York Times...
In the mid-1990s, 25 out of every 100,000 children were diagnosed as bipolar. By 2003, that number had increased by a factor of 40, to 1,003 out of ev...
I read about an autistic boy who is restrained in a van while on an outing from the residential placement where he lives: He stops breathing. He dies....
Women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant should avoid taking valproate (used in Depakote, Depakene and Depacon), according to researcher...
The New York Times has just run a great story about just how much doctors in Minnesota have been stumping for various atypical antipsychotic meds and ...
Even when controlling for the IQ of the mother, children of moms who took anticonvulsant/mood stabilizer Depakote were turning up mentally retarded at...
The Last Psychiatrist has an interesting essay and commentary about a study published last week in The New England Journal of Medicine. He focuses not...
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