The Scientific Review: Over-Medicated Children

Over-Medicated Children
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Over-Medicated Children
The treatment of bipolar depression is equally as challenging for children and adults (Abrams, 2020). Unfortunately, data on effective treatment for bipolar depression is unavailable, making it difficult to determine the efficacy of the currently administered drugs. The problem is increasingly prevalent among children since the release of Biederman's research. The study theorized that some children with psychiatric problems were misdiagnosed and were suffering from bipolar disorder. Since the release of the research, diagnosis of bipolar in children increased by 4000% (PBS_Frontline, 2008). Due to the current challenges faced in diagnosis coupled with a lack of sufficient evidential data, antipsychotics and mood stabilizers should not be used in children.
One of the critical clinical challenges of medicating bipolar in children is the increased risk of switching to mania or accelerating the mood episodes cycle when antidepressant medications are used. One subject, Jacob, reports switching from different medications: eight different medications by the age of 10 wit...