Extent and Risks of Antipsychotic Off-Label Use in Children and Adolescents in Germany Between 2004 and 2011

• Published in: Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology Vol. 27; no. 9; pp. 806 - 813
• Main Authors: Schröder, Carsten, Dörks, Michael, Kollhorst, Bianca, Blenk, Tilo, Dittmann, Ralf W., Garbe, Edeltraut, Riedel, Oliver
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Mary Ann Liebert, Inc 01.11.2017
• Subjects: Adolescents; Antipsychotic Agents - therapeutic use; Antipsychotics; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - drug therapy; Child; Child & adolescent psychiatry; Children; Female; Germany; Humans; Male; Off-Label Use; Patient safety; Pediatrics; Poisoning; Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data; Prescriptions; Psychopharmacology; Psychotropic drugs; Risk Factors; Studies; Teenagers; antipsychotics; off-label use; risks; adolescents; children

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. To calculate the frequency of off-label AP prescriptions for the years 2004-2011, we used...