Association between preterm birth, psychotropic drug use in adolescence, young adulthood

What The Study Did: Researchers compared rates of psychotropic drug prescriptions during adolescence and young adulthood between individuals born preterm and at term.

Authors: Christine S. Bachmann, M.D., of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.1420)

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