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No Evidence to Support Many Off-label Uses of Atypical Antipsychotics

...isorder, and risperidone is also approved to treat irritability in children ages 5 to 16 who have autism. Some studies suggest that atypical antipsychotics may help patients with mental health conditions for which there are no FDA-approved alternatives. Risperidone and quetiapine, for example, help certain pati...

Is Extreme Irritability - a Childhood Bipolar Disorder?

...dicate that different brain mechanisms may lead to irritability in children with SMD, suggesting that they may hav...ngs that range from over-excited, elated moods and irritability - the manic phase of the disorder - to depression. In contrast, children with SMD are extremely irri...

Right Treatment Could Cure Chronic Cough

...r from chronic cough causing them much discomfort, irritability and sleep disturbances. It is one of the leading reasons that leads for consultation// with physician, according to a report published. “Coughing plays an important role in the body’s defense system by clearing the airway of excess secretions and f...

Diagnosing Bipolar Symptoms in Children is Difficult

...in very rapid cycles, sometimes from hour to hour; irritability and agitation; or bursts of rage. Bipolar disorder...lation.” Although both conditions involve periodic irritability and hyperactivity, electrical signals in the brains of children thought to have severe mood dysregul...

Intensive Psychotherapy Provides Helping Hand in Borderline Personality Disorder.

...pulsivity, social adjustment, and various forms of irritability and aggression. At the end of the year of treatm..., but also seemed particularly helpful in reducing irritability and angry behaviors. Kernberg noted, We are pleased about the progress in the empirical developmen...

Two-thirds of US Children Experience Trauma, but Recover Fast

... places associated with the trauma and feelings of irritability and being on edge. About 13.4 percent of those who experienced a traumatic event developed some post-traumatic stress symptoms by age 16, but fewer than 0.5 percent met the criteria for the disorder. But children exposed to trauma had nearly doub...

US Lawmakers Considering Legislation to Restrict Payments by Drug Companies to Doctors

...isorder, and risperidone is also approved to treat irritability in children ages 5 to 16 who have autism. Vermont officials disclosed Tuesday that drug company payments to psychiatrists in the state more than doubled last year, to an average of $45,692 each from $20,835 in 2005. Antipsychotic medicines are amon...

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