Nitrazepam in emotional disorders of childhood.

The therapeutic results obtained with Nitrazepam in 30 children with emotional disorders between 4 and 14 years of age are reported, 17 children with habit disorders, 6 with behaviour, 5 with personality and 2 with Neurosis. Employing a flexible dosage schedule, a dose of 1/4 tablet to 1 tablet of 5 mg. Nitrazepam once to thrice daily was effective and safe. 24 of the 30 children (80%) showed recovery or marked improvement with over 50% fall in percentage reduction in total score based on assessing the target symptoms.