The number of children and young people prescribed anti-psychotic drugs in England almost doubled between 2000 and 2019, according to new research.
A study by the University of Manchester’s Centre for Women’s Mental Health published in The Lancet Psychiatry looked at the records of 7.2 million children and adolescents, aged 3 to 18, registered at selected English general practices over the period 2000 to 2019.
Researchers found that although the overall percentage who were prescribed anti-psychotics was low, it had increased from 0.06 percent in 2000 to 0.11 percent in 2019.
One psychologist told The Epoch Times that the increase was “extremely concerning.”
The study found that boys and older children, aged 15 to 18, were more likely to be prescribed anti-psychotics than girls and younger children….