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Antipsychotics are designed to treat psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. They can be life-changing for those who need them, but they come with serious side-effects, including facial twitches (which can continue for life, even after the person stops taking them), rapid weight gain and type 2 diabetes. Worryingly, these drugs are increasingly being prescribed to children in the UK. And we don’t know how safe they are in this age group because they have only been tested in adults.
In a recent study, Matthias Pierce and Kathryn Abel at the University of Manchester found that the number of children prescribed antipsychotic drugs in the UK doubled between 2000 and 2019. They also discovered that first-generation antipsychotics – the older drugs with worse side-effects – were more likely to be prescribed to children in poorer areas.
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Clint Witchalls
Health + Medicine Editor (UK edition)
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Matthias Pierce, University of Manchester; Kathryn Abel, University of Manchester
Antipsychotic prescribing in children has doubled in 20 years.
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Sam Carr, University of Bath
Psychologists have found people have different conflict management styles, from “sharks” to “owls”.
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The 2013 David Bowie Is exhibition at the V&A, in London.
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Denis Flannery, University of Leeds
The artist’s fabled archive spans his entire career, showcasing his playful curiosity, his need for beauty and his respect for style.
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Politics + Society
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Rosario Aguilar, Newcastle University
Many Mexicans fear that the democratic safeguards set up after decades of authoritarian rule are being undermined.
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Steven Barnett, University of Westminster
The first thing journalists learn is that confidential sources must be protected except in extraordinary circumstances.
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Jamie Gaskarth, The Open University
The public inquiry exposes key individual failings while previous findings suggested bad luck was at play. This shows that talking to officers on the ground is vital if lessons are to be learnt.
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Maarja Lühiste, Newcastle University; Zachary Greene, University of Strathclyde
Estonia is going to the polls but the Ukraine war casts a long shadow over its politics.
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Arts + Culture
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Marcus Bell, University of Oxford
An expert in Greek tragedy can’t get past a seemingly callous approach to suicide in the National Theatre’s new take on Phaedra.
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Laura Minor, University of Salford
The milf’s appeal lies in their sexual confidence, agency and knowledge – qualities particularly attractive to young men stuck between childhood independence and adult autonomy.
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Business + Economy
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Joop Schippers, Utrecht University
A combination of a decline in workers under 35 and an ageing workforce is leading to labour shortages in many regions.
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Geoffroy Duparc-Portier, University of Strathclyde ; Gioele Figus, University of Strathclyde
The Windsor framework will still cause Northern Ireland’s GDP but less than that expected under the protocol.
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Environment
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Tadas Nikonovas, Swansea University; Stefan H Doerr, Swansea University
New research shows boreal forests comprised 23% of global wildfire emissions in 2021, up from 10% in a typical year.
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Maria Aristeidou, The Open University
Children and teenagers can add to our knowledge of the natural world through citizen science projects.
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Health
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Keith Parry, Bournemouth University; John Batten, University of Winchester
Many children play compulsory rugby at school – but the risk of injury is too high.
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Science + Technology
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Jim Wild, Lancaster University
People expect to brave brutally cold landscapes if they want to catch sight of the aurora borealis. So people were stunned to see the ethereal light display as far south as Cornwall.
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