Doxycycline Use in Adolescent Psychiatric Patients and Risk of Schizophrenia: An Emulated Target Trial

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Ulla Lång · Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Johanna Metsälä · Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Hugh Ramsay · University of Edinburgh

Fiona Boland · University of Medicine and Health Sciences

Katriina Heikkilä · Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Anna Pulakka · Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Anne Lawlor

Abstract

These findings raise the tentative but exciting possibility that doxycycline treatment may reduce schizophrenia risk in adolescent psychiatric patients.

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Tryptophan and brain disorders Schizophrenia research and treatment Bipolar Disorder and Treatment

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Published in: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 183, Issue 2, pp. 124-133

DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20240958

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Doxycycline Use in Adolescent Psychiatric Patients and Risk of Schizophrenia: An Emulated Target Trial

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