"According to the authors, "the results challenge recent concerns 
over widespread overmedication and misuse of prescribed psychotropic 
medications in U.S. adolescents. There was no compelling evidence for 
either misuse or overuse of psychotropic medications. Only 14.2 
percent of youth with a mental disorder during the past year reported 
psychotropic use, and the majority who had been prescribed 
medications, particularly those who received treatment in specialty 
mental health settings, had a mental disorder with severe 
consequences and impairment, functional impairment, suicidality, or 
associated behavioral and developmental difficulties," the authors 
conclude.  the U.S "

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