Importance Antipsychotics are used increasingly in youth for nonpsychotic and off-label
indications, but cardiometabolic adverse effects and (especially) type 2 diabetes mellitus …

Second-generation antipsychotics (SGA) are being used more often than ever before in
children and adolescents with psychotic and a wide range of non-psychotic disorders …

Importance The increased prescribing of antipsychotics for children and youth has
heightened concerns that this practice increases the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus …

BACKGROUND: The use of antipsychotics, especially second-generation antipsychotics
(SGAs), for children with mental health disorders in Canada has increased dramatically over …

Metabolic syndrome with the atypical antipsychotics : Current Opinion in Endocrinology,
Diabetes and Obesity Metabolic syndrome with the atypical antipsychotics : Current Opinion in …

The health and financial consequences of this epidemic are a complex global public health
dilemma. International efforts are underway to reverse these obesity trends. On-going …

Objective To assess weight and metabolic effects of 6 months of treatment with second-
generation antipsychotics in naïve/quasi-naïve youths. Method This study looked at a …

Objectives: To establish prevalence rates of antipsychotic (AP) prescriptions for children 18
years of age or younger in British Columbia (BC) from 1996 to 2011 by age, sex, AP type …

Objective To evaluate the effect of antipsychotics on the corrected QT (QTc) interval in youth.
Method We searched PubMed (http://www. ncbi. nlm. nih. gov/pubmed) for randomized or …

Second generation antipsychotic drugs (SGAs) such as risperidone are increasingly
prescribed (mostly for off-label use) to children and adolescents for treating various mental …