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. 2020 Feb 1;8:4. doi: 10.1186/s40337-020-0277-8

Table 28.

Risperidone for children and adolescents with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder

Certainty assessment Impact Certainty Importance
№ of studies Study design Risk of bias Inconsistency Indirectness Imprecision Other considerations
Weight, psychological symptoms
 1 Case Report very serious a not serious not serious not serious none In two cases of ARFID on dose of 1 mg daily of risperidone. Weight gain was observed to target weight over several weeks.

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VERY LOW

IMPORTANT
very serious a not serious not serious not serious none Oppositional behaviour and rigidity around eating improved.

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VERY LOW

IMPORTANT

Explanations

atwo case reports with no control group

Bibliography:

Case Report - Pennell 2016 [163]