Antipsychotic Treatment Among Youths With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Significant concern exists over treating youths with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with antipsychotic medications, yet little is known about the factors associated with antipsychotic treatment.

Objectives

To describe the percentage of youths who fill antipsychotic prescriptions in the year following a new diagnosis of ADHD and characterize the clinical and demographic factors associated with antipsychotic initiation.

Design, setting, and participants

A retrospective longitudinal cohort analysis of antipsychotic treatment was performed in 187 563 youths, aged 3 to 24 years, with a new diagnosis of ADHD (without recent diagnosis of any US Food and Drug Administration [FDA]-indicated conditions for antipsychotic treatment). The sample was der

SUBMITTER: Sultan RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6661708 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature