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Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học General Psychiatry cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Parental attitudes and opinions on the use of psychotropic medication in mental disorders of childhood. | Annals of General Psychiatry BioMed Central Open Access Parental attitudes and opinions on the use of psychotropic medication in mental disorders of childhood Helen Lazaratou1 Dimitris C Anagnostopoulos 1 Elias V Alevizos2 Fotini Haviara1 and Dimitris N Ploumpidis1 Address Department of Psychiatry Community Mental Health Center Byron-Kesariani University of Athens 14 Dilou St. 16121 Athens Greece and 2Department of Neurology Children s General Hospital of Athens Agia Sofia Thivon Papadiamantopoulou St. 11527 Athens Greece Email Helen Lazaratou - elazar@med.uoa.gr Dimitris C Anagnostopoulos - danagnos@otenet.gr Elias V Alevizos - valeviz@med.uoa.gr Fotini Haviara - kpsy@med.uoa.gr Dimitris N Ploumpidis - diploump@med.uoa.gr Corresponding author Published 15 November 2007 Received 26 March 2007 a .rr__Ì n-.-L. . AAA-7 Z.AA J . IA I IOAI7.M orov z AA Accepted 15 November 2007 Annals of General Psychiatry 2007 6 32 doi l0.ll86 l744-859X-6-32 This article is available from http www.annals-general-psychiatry.com content 6 1 32 2007 Lazaratou et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http creativecommons.org licenses by 2.0 which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background The limited number of systematic controlled studies that assess the safety and efficacy of psychotropic medications for children reinforce the hesitation and reluctance of parents to administer such medications. The aim of this study was to investigate the attitudes of parents of children with psychiatric disorders towards psychotropic medication. Methods A 20-item questionnaire was distributed to 140 parents during their first contact with an outpatient child psychiatric service. The questionnaire comprised of questions regarding the opinions knowledge and attitudes of parents towards children s psychotropic .