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'Chemical cosh' scandal': Thousands of patients with no history of mental illness needlessly given cocktail of anti-psychotic drugs
 
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'Chemical cosh' scandal': Thousands of patients with no history of mental illness needlessly given cocktail of anti-psychotic drugs


  • Drugs being given to people with learning disabilities, dementia and autism
  • Anti-psychotics should normally be used to treat illness such as bipolar
  • 71% of those prescribed the drugs have no history of severe mental illness
  • Findings will fuel growing concerns that the nation is ‘over-medicalised’
 

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