To the Editor: We find Hazell's editorial troubling.1 In it, Hazell concludes that “rather than inappropriate, it [the increased prescription of psychotropic medications for children and adolescents during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic] was an example of the system working as it should”. It is unclear how the author could reach this conclusion based on the two articles2,3 cited in the editorial.
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