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High‐dose antipsychotics more than triple risk of unexpected death in children
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7567
pISSN - 1527-8395
DOI - 10.1002/cpu.30368
Subject(s) - medicine , retrospective cohort study , psychiatry , pediatrics , cohort , cohort study , population , environmental health
Antipsychotics raise the risk of unexpected death in children and youths, a recent study has found. The report, a retrospective cohort study published in JAMA Psychiatry , reinforces the need for safety studies in this population, the researchers conclude.