Extent and Risks of Antipsychotic Off-Label Use in Children and Adolescents in Germany Between 2004 and 2011
Author(s) -
Carsten Schröder,
Michael Dörks,
Bianca Kollhorst,
Tilo Blenk,
Regina Dittmann,
Edeltraut Garbe,
Oliver Riedel
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.935
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1557-8992
pISSN - 1044-5463
DOI - 10.1089/cap.2016.0202
Subject(s) - medicine , contraindication , adverse effect , incidence (geometry) , medical prescription , off label use , pediatrics , antipsychotic , psychiatry , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , pharmacology , alternative medicine , physics , pathology , optics
Only little is known about antipsychotic (AP) off-label use (OLU) in pediatric populations. It was the aim of this study to examine the frequency as well as the risks of off-label AP use in underaged patients.
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