Zima B T, Bussing R, Crecelius G M, Kaufman A, Belin T R
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California at Los Angeles, USA.
Am J Public Health. 1999 Nov;89(11):1732-5. doi: 10.2105/ajph.89.11.1732.
This study sought to describe the level of psychotropic medication use and its relationship to severe psychiatric disorders among school-aged children in foster care.
Home interviews with 302 foster parents and children aged 6 to 12 years and 266 follow-up clinical evaluations were conducted.
Thirteen percent of the children had taken psychotropic medication in the previous year, and 52% of those whose clinical status merited a medication evaluation had not received medication in the previous year.
As the efficacy of psychotropic medication treatment for severe child psychiatric disorders becomes more established, research on the appropriateness of such care can begin.
本研究旨在描述寄养中学龄儿童使用精神药物的水平及其与严重精神障碍的关系。
对302名寄养父母及6至12岁儿童进行了家访,并进行了266次后续临床评估。
13%的儿童在前一年服用过精神药物,而临床状况需要进行药物评估的儿童中,有52%在前一年未接受药物治疗。
随着精神药物治疗严重儿童精神障碍的疗效日益明确,可以开始对这种治疗的适宜性进行研究。