However these psychotropic drugs are filled with stimulants, anti-psychotics and mood stabilizers, carry major risks for serious side effects, which include aggression, seizures, delayed puberty and ironically psychotic symptoms (hearing voices and hallucinations) (Tung & Procyshyn 7-8). ... Jeannne Brooks-Gunn, professor of child development at teachers college and at the college of physicians and surgeons, both at Columbia University, has specialized in research focusing on family and community influences on the development of children says, it starts with an evaluation by a child psychiatr...

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