Canadian children now take far more mood-altering drugs, prescription count shows

Canadian doctors are increasingly medicating children with antidepressants and antipsychotics, suggests a new study experts worry is the latest sign of using drugs to achieve “behavioural control.” Nationally, antipsychotic dispensing to Canadian children and youth increased 33 per cent over a recent four-year period, while the rate for antidepressants jumped 63 per cent, new research shows.…