Published online July 1, 2008
PEDIATRICS Vol. 122 No. 1 July 2008, pp. 211-212 (doi:10.1542/peds.2008-0879)
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Are We Overmedicating Our Children?

John W. Harrington, MD
Division of General Pediatrics
Eastern Virginia Medical School/Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters
Norfolk, VA 23507

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To the Editor.—

I was dismayed, yet not surprised, after reading the report by Mandell et al1 concerning psychotropic medication use among children with autism spectrum disorders. Having a child with classic autism who is now 12 years old and treating >150 families in 2 different states (New York and Virginia) who have children with autism, I have personally witnessed the increased use of psychotropic medications and their adverse . . . [Full Text of this Article]