Efficacy of antipsychotics for irritability and aggression in children: a meta-analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: Clinical data supports the efficacy of risperidone and aripiprazole for aggression and irritability across diagnoses, with insufficient data available for other agents. Available data does not support a difference in efficacy based on underlying diagnosis, choice of agent, or its degree of sedation. PMID: 28847182 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics - Category: Neurology Tags: Expert Rev Neurother Source Type: research