Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Understanding the agreements and controversies surrounding childhood psychopharmacology. | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health Commentary BioMed Central Open Access Understanding the agreements and controversies surrounding childhood psychopharmacology Erik Parens and Josephine Johnston Address The Hastings Center 21 Malcolm Gordon Road Garrison New York 10524 USA Email Erik Parens - parense@ Josephine Johnston - johnstonj@ Corresponding author Published 8 February 2008 Received 4 October 2007 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2008 2 5 doi 186 1753-2000-2-5 Accepted 8 February 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 5 2008 Parens and Johnston licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract The number of children in the US taking prescription drugs for emotional and behavioral disturbances is growing dramatically. This growth in the use of psychotropic drugs in pediatric populations has given rise to multiple controversies ranging from concerns over off-label use and long-term safety to debates about the societal value and cultural meaning of pharmacological treatment of childhood behavioral and emotional disorders. This commentary summarizes the authors eight main findings from the first of five workshops that seek to understand and produce descriptions of these controversies. The workshop series is convened by The Hastings Center a bioethics research institute located in Garrison New York . Introduction According to Rutter et al. during the industrialized world s postwar period as physical health was improving psychosocial disorders were becoming more frequent 1 . The cause or causes of this increase are debated. In 2000 the US Surgeon General estimated that approximately one in five children and
