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Experts find little evidence of long‐term negative effect on outcomes from antipsychotics
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the brown university psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7532
pISSN - 1068-5308
DOI - 10.1002/pu.30252
Subject(s) - confounding , term (time) , medicine , adverse effect , real world evidence , psychology , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , pharmacology , physics , quantum mechanics
An international group of experts examining research into potential adverse effects of antipsychotics on long‐term outcomes has concluded that the existing evidence for a negative effect is not compelling. Numerous studies that have raised such concerns have been hampered by confounding and other methodological problems, the research group pointed out.