Other child and adolescent psychiatric disorders: medication aspects

Childhood/adolescent onset not covered elsewhere, in supplement 9:I of the European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, where there is some indication that pharmacotherapy might have a role, are reviewed. These include conduct, oppositional, mood, schizophrenia spectrum and anxiety disorders other than obsessive compulsive disorders. Generally speaking, there is a paucity of good studies in young persons. Most of these disorders or their equivalents have some pharmacotherapeutic indications in adults. This supplements the scant data in young persons and supports the cautious use of medication in some of these disorders, especially where the disorder is severe and disabling (such as schizophrenia or bipolar mood disorder). Much more study of pharmacotherapy of these disorders is indicated.