Use of Antipsychotic Drugs Among Dutch Youths Between 1997 and 2005

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Authors

Luuk J. Kalverdijk · Accare

Hilde Tobi · Wageningen University & Research

Paul B. van den Berg · Pharmacoeconomics and Health Outcomes Research Iberia (Spain)

Janelle Buiskool

Leonie Wagenaar

Ruud B. Minderaa

Lolkje T.W. de Jong‐van den Berg · Pharmacoeconomics and Health Outcomes Research Iberia (Spain)

Abstract

Second-generation antipsychotic drugs were increasingly prescribed, and for longer periods of time, to younger children, probably because of new indications. This practice increases the exposure of a young population to (partly unknown) risks.

Topics & Keywords

Schizophrenia research and treatment Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Psychiatric Services

Volume 59, Issue 5, pp. 554-560

DOI: 10.1176/ps.2008.59.5.554

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