Characteristics and predictors of off-label use of antipsychotics in general population sample.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Increasing number of people have been prescribed antipsychotics (APs) off-label in recent decades. This study aimed to identify the characteristics and predictors of receiving prescription of antipsychotics off-label.

Methods

The study sample was part of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 (n = 7071). Data included questionnaires and national register data. Information on prescribed medications was extracted from the national register. The sample was divided into three groups: Persons who had been prescribed APs off-label (n = 137), individuals with non-psychotic mental disorders without APs off label (n = 1478) and individuals who had been diagnosed with psychosis or bipolar disorder and who had been prescribed APs (n = 151). We compared sociodemographic, lifes

SUBMITTER: Pirhonen E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9543108 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature