Doxycycline Use in Adolescent Psychiatric Patients and Risk of Schizophrenia: An Emulated Target Trial

Ulla Lång, Johanna Metsälä, Hugh Ramsay, Fiona Boland, Katriina Heikkilä, Anna Pulakka, Anne Lawlor, Karen O’Connor, Juha Veijola, Eero Kajantie, Colm Healy, Ian Kelleher

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DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20240958
Published: 2026-02
Container: American Journal of Psychiatry
Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
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@article{allodium:10.1176/appi.ajp.20240958,
  title = {Doxycycline Use in Adolescent Psychiatric Patients and Risk of Schizophrenia: An Emulated Target Trial},
  author = {Ulla Lång and Johanna Metsälä and Hugh Ramsay and Fiona Boland and Katriina Heikkilä and Anna Pulakka and Anne Lawlor and Karen O’Connor and Juha Veijola and Eero Kajantie and Colm Healy and Ian Kelleher},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {American Journal of Psychiatry},
  doi = {10.1176/appi.ajp.20240958},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20240958}
}

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TI  - Doxycycline Use in Adolescent Psychiatric Patients and Risk of Schizophrenia: An Emulated Target Trial
AU  - Ulla Lång
AU  - Johanna Metsälä
AU  - Hugh Ramsay
AU  - Fiona Boland
AU  - Katriina Heikkilä
AU  - Anna Pulakka
AU  - Anne Lawlor
AU  - Karen O’Connor
AU  - Juha Veijola
AU  - Eero Kajantie
AU  - Colm Healy
AU  - Ian Kelleher
PY  - 2026
JO  - American Journal of Psychiatry
DO  - 10.1176/appi.ajp.20240958
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Lång, U., Metsälä, J., Ramsay, H., Boland, F., Heikkilä, K., Pulakka, A., Lawlor, A., O’Connor, K., Veijola, J., Kajantie, E., Healy, C., & Kelleher, I. (2026). Doxycycline Use in Adolescent Psychiatric Patients and Risk of Schizophrenia: An Emulated Target Trial. American Journal of Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20240958

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