CLINICAL PERSPECTIVES
Use of Droperidol in Hospitalized Children

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Abstract

Six subjects who as children had received a diagnosis of seasonal affective disorder consented to participate in a 7-year follow-up study. Structured and semistructured interviews were conducted to assess the course of illness, response to treatment, and current clinical state. Seasonal patterns of symptoms and response to light therapy remained relatively stable over a 7-year period. Two subjects were using adjunctive fluoxetine. Seasonal affective disorder can occur in children and adolescents. responds to light therapy. and should be considered in the differential diagnos is of pediatric affective symptoms or cyclic school performance.

Key Words

seasonal affective disorder
pediatric disorders

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Presented in part at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the American Acadrmy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New Orleans, October 1995.