Short-term BMI-SDS change during child and adolescent psychiatric hospitalization: associations with antipsychotic treatment and length of stay

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Mind & Mental Health Switzerland

Children and adolescents receiving inpatient psychiatric treatment may be at increased risk of short-term weight gain-related changes, particularly during antipsychotic exposure. In this retrospective cohort study we analyzed a patient-level cohort of 776 unique patients younger than 18 years treated between 2022 and 2024, after exclusion of eating disorder diagnoses and repeated…

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