'Use of antipsychotics in children and adolescents: a picture from the ARITMO population-based European cohort study'

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2020-04-20

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Kaguelidou, Florentia
Holstiege, Jakob
Schink, Tania
Bezemer, Irene
Poluzzi, Elisabetta
Mazzaglia, Giampiero
Pedersen, Lars
Sturkenboom, MiriamORCID 0000-0003-1360-2388
Trifirò, Gianluca

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Abstract

Aims Prevalence of the use of antipsychotics (APs) in the paediatric population is globally increasing. The aim of this study was to describe multinational trends and patterns in AP use in children and adolescents in Europe.Methods

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Adolescent, Age Distribution, Antipsychotic Agents/therapeutic use, Child, Child, Preschool, Cohort Studies, Databases, Factual/statistics & numerical data, Drug Prescriptions/statistics & numerical data, Europe/epidemiology, Female, Humans, Incidence, Infant, Male, Practice Patterns, Physicians'/statistics & numerical data, Psychotic Disorders/drug therapy, Retrospective Studies, child psychiatry, Antipsychotics, epidemiology, primary care, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Psychiatry and Mental health, Epidemiology, Journal Article

Citation

Kaguelidou, F, Holstiege, J, Schink, T, Bezemer, I, Poluzzi, E, Mazzaglia, G, Pedersen, L, Sturkenboom, M & Trifirò, G 2020, ''Use of antipsychotics in children and adolescents : a picture from the ARITMO population-based European cohort study'', Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, vol. 29, e117. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2045796020000293