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Published online 3 January 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2007.404
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Cheap drugs against aggression don't work
Study shows placebos as good as antipsychotics for the intellectually disabled.
Scientists have discovered that taking a sugar pill is more effective than routine medications in treating aggression in people with intellectual disabilities.
Until now, patients with intellectual disabilities have been prescribed antipsychotic drugs — normally given to people with a psychiatric disease like schizophrenia — to treat aggressive behaviour such as head banging.
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