Psychopharmacological research in paediatric populations

Published in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Heath, edited by Prof Joerg M Fegert.

The ethics of psychopharmacological research in legal minors

Research in psychopharmacology for children and adolescents is fraught with ethical problems and tensions. This has practical consequences as it leads to a paucity of the research that is essential to support ...

Authors: Jacinta OA Tan and Michael Koelch

Citation: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2008 2:39

Content type: Commentary Published on: 8 December 2008
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Pharmaceutical research in paediatric populations and the new EU Paediatric Legislation: an industry perspective

A large proportion of medicines used in children are prescribed off-label, and children have often been denied access to new or innovative medications. Because such situation is unethical, the need to obtain p...

Authors: Philippe Auby

Citation: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2008 2:38

Content type: Commentary Published on: 8 December 2008
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Regulation (EC) No 1901/2006 on medicinal products for paediatric use & clinical research in vulnerable populations

Before any medicinal product is authorised for use in adults, it must undergo extensive pharmaceutical consistency and stability tests, toxicological tests and clinical trials to ensure that it is of high qual...

Authors: Birka Lehmann

Citation: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2008 2:37

Content type: Review Published on: 8 December 2008
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Recent developments and strategies in pediatric pharmacology research in the USA

Research in pediatric pharmacology has undergone major changes in the last ten years, with an expansion in both publicly and privately funded activities. A number of pharmacokinetics studies and multi-site con...

Authors: Benedetto Vitiello

Citation: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2008 2:36

Content type: Review Published on: 8 December 2008
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Special section on psychopharmacology trials in children and adolescents

For the first time, we publish a special section of four related articles in the online, open-access journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Authors: Joerg M Fegert

Citation: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2008 2:35

Content type: Editorial Published on: 8 December 2008
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Psychopharmacological research in paediatric populations

The ethics of psychopharmacological research in legal minors

Pharmaceutical research in paediatric populations and the new EU Paediatric Legislation: an industry perspective

Regulation (EC) No 1901/2006 on medicinal products for paediatric use & clinical research in vulnerable populations

Recent developments and strategies in pediatric pharmacology research in the USA

Special section on psychopharmacology trials in children and adolescents