Source: DGNews  |  Posted 8 years ago

By Paula Moyer

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC -- October 14, 2003 -- The atypical antipsychotic risperidone (Risperdal) is effective at reducing aggressive behaviour in boys who have different types of disruptive behaviour disorders (DBD), according to findings presented here September 24th at the 16th World Congress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology.

"These results show that risperidone is effective in treating aggression in the treatment-resistant child," said lead author Carin Binder, MBA, director of clinical affairs, Janssen-Ortho, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which manufactures Risperdal. "Over 70% of the patients in the study had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder [ADHD] [that] had been treated, but [there were] still