Rising antipsychotic prescriptions for children and youth: cross-sectoral solutions for a multimodal problem

CMAJ. 2014 Jun 10;186(9):653-4. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.131604. Epub 2014 Mar 24.

Authors

Nina Di Pietro¹, Judy Illes²; Canadian Working Group on Antipsychotic Medications and Children

Collaborators

Canadian Working Group on Antipsychotic Medications and Children:
Lori d'Agincourt-Canning, Bruce Carleton, Daniel Gorman, Charlotte Johnston, Andrea Murphy, Constadina Panagiotopoulos, Tamara Pringsheim, Benjamin Wilfond, Adrian Byram, Michael Coughtrie, Jana Davidson, Osman Ipsiroglu, Yuanyuan Jiang, Corey Nislow, Tim Oberlander, Ron Reid, Michael Rieder, Derryck Smith, Adil Virani

Affiliations

¹ National Core for Neuroethics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. [email protected].
² National Core for Neuroethics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Antipsychotic Agents / supply & distribution*
Child
Drug Prescriptions / statistics & numerical data*
Global Health
Humans
Mental Disorders / drug therapy*
Mental Disorders / epidemiology
Morbidity / trends

Substances

Antipsychotic Agents