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0435/2018 - This illustrious unknown: Reflexions on the prescription of psychotropic drugs in early childhood.
Este ilustre desconhecido: Considerações sobre a prescrição de psicotrópicos na primeira infância.

Author:

• Mariana Nogueira Rangel Pande - Pande, M. N. R. - <nogueirarangel@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9709-4426

Co-author(s):

• Paulo Duarte de Carvalho Amarante - Amarante. P.D.C - <pauloamarante@gmail.com; pauloamarante@ensp.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6778-2834
• Tatiana Wargas de Faria Baptista - Baptista, T.W.F. - <twargas@ensp.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3445-2027


Abstract:

This article studies aspects related to prescription habits and use of psychoactive drugs in early childhood. It takes as a starting point the bibliographical survey carried out on the BVS and Scielo bases on epidemiological and clinical research in Brazil regarding the use of psychotropic drugs in children under six years of age. Based on international literature, it points out the increase in the number of children diagnosed with mental and behavioral disorders, as well as the respective prescriptions of psychotropic drugs. It discusses the predominantly off-label character of psychoactive drugs for children under six years old, the heterogeneous use of prescriptions and polypharmacology, pointing to an ethical paradox regarding clinical research in this age group. It concludes that the use of psychotropics in early childhood is still not well known in Brazil, and epidemiological studies are urgently needed in this area.

Keywords:

Drug Prescriptions; Off-Label Use; Psychopharmacology; Child; Medicalization.

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Pande, M. N. R., Amarante. P.D.C, Baptista, T.W.F.. This illustrious unknown: Reflexions on the prescription of psychotropic drugs in early childhood.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/Oct). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/this-illustrious-unknown-reflexions-on-the-prescription-of-psychotropic-drugs-in-early-childhood/16968



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