A recently conducted study has revealed that several kids with ADHD might be getting strong antipsychotic medications that are meant to treat diseases such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Researchers after conducting a survey found that some other kids might be getting such drugs without any kind of diagnosis indicating that they have a psychiatric disorder.

The study findings, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association publication JAMA Psychiatry, showed that these kids not only face serious side-effects from the drugs but are often left from receiving effective treatments required for their conditions.

Michael Schoenbaum of the National Institute for Mental health, who worked on the study, said, "What's especially important is the finding that around 1.5 percent of boys aged 10 to 18 are on antipsychotics, and then this rate abruptly falls by half as adolescents become young adults".

Schoenbaum along with his colleagues at Columbia University, Yale University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, went through the prescription data from across the United States. They found a disturbing pattern of use of antipsychotics.

Schoenbaum told NBC News that they saw a pattern of use particularly in boys which indicated that that antipsychotics are not being specifically used for the disorders the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved them for.

They found that the use of antipsychotics was higher among boys, particularly teenage boys, According to psychiatrists, these problems are better handled with psychotherapy, behavioral therapy and stimulant drugs such as Ritalin.

Schoenbaum said these drugs lower the emotions, and energy. It flattens and calms down people.