New research suggests restricting high-dose antipsychotic medications among children and young adults to those battling psychosis.
Investigators from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center found that children and young adults without psychosis who are prescribed high-dose antipsychotic medications are at increased risk of unexpected death.
Unexpected death includes deaths due to unintentional drug overdose or cardiovascular/metabolic causes. The study appears in JAMA Psychiatry.
In 2010,...
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