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More Young People Are on Multiple Psychiatric Drugs, Study Finds
Growing numbers of children and adolescents are being prescribed multiple psychiatric drugs simultaneously, despite limited safety data.
In Maryland, there was a 9.5% increase in the prevalence of polypharmacy (taking three or more classes of psychiatric medications) among young people from 2015 to 2020. [ more ]