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Idiopathic Toe-walking refers to children who habitually walk on their toes rather than using a typical gait and for whom no specific cause has been found. It has been a traditional red flag to clinicians and parents alike for developmental problems including autism. There is little systematic study, however, of the phenomenon and its predictive […]
Tags: autism, toe-walking
Last year’s warnings from the FDA about dose-dependent QTc elongation and cardiac arrhythmias including Torsade De Pointes among patients taking citalopram at higher doses have been supplemented by warnings issued by HealthCanada on escitalopram (Lexapro), the S-isomer of racemic citalopram. The FDA’s 2012 guidelines exclude escitalopram but hedge on concluding that the QT effects are […]
Tags: cardiac warning, celexa, citalopram, escitalopram, lexapro
by John Koutras, MD The risk factors for children developing post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following a medical trauma are complex and include medical and family factors, among others. A concept of “relational PTSD” has been proposed which suggests that parent and child symptoms mutually influence each other. A new study […]
A new study in the Archives of General Psychiatry reports on the increasing use of antipsychotic medications in youth. The study analyzed nearly half a million medical visits over a 17 year span (1993 through 2009). Results showed that the number of medical visits that included an antipsychotic medication per 100 persons rose in children […]
Tags: adhd, antipsychotic, medications
