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An Article on Psychotrophic Medications Reviewed

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pregnant women. Many of the articles provide good details on the different medications available as well as their contraindications and side effects. Although the physiological mechanisms are not completely analyzed  yet in the field of medicine psychotropic drugs are used widely across the country. In fact, many critics have concluded that children have been overly prescribed medications as in the  case of Ritalin, the most common psychotropic medication prescribed for children which has increased in usage by over 700 percent in the last ten years.  Levitt (1997) provides a good overall highly informative look at the psychotropic medications prescribed for children with learning and behavioural disorders which include stimulant medications, antidepressants or mood  stabilizers, antipsychotics and anticonvulsants. His outlook over the course of the article is to provide clinical information relating to the drugs to parents, teachers and clinicians who may be in  contact with children who have been prescribed these medications as it has been estimated that 2-3% of children in the regular school system are on these medications and as many  as 15-20% of children in special education (Levitt, 1997). Levitts article describes in detail the uses, abuses, indications and contraindications, and known side effects of psychopharmacologic therapy. The psychotropic medications  are divided several sections. The tricyclic antidepressants are commonly used for the treatment of depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, and panic disorders and have been found to be effective in adults  but have not had the same effectiveness in children. The novel or atypical antidepressants which are also known as serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) include fluoxetine (Prozac), sertraline (Zoloft) and paroxetine  (Paxil) among others. Lithium is also being used to treat psychiatric disorders of children and adolescents and has been used successfully with adults for years and is often used in