Atypical antipsychotics are the most common antipsychotics used in children. These antipsychotics are less likely to cause movement disorders (shuffling walk, tongue sticking out of mouth, drooling, etc. ) than the typical antipsychotics.
*The Physician Desk Reference has a black box warning for Abilify, Seroquel and Clozapine.
Examples include:
- Aripiprazole (Abilify)*
- Quetiapine (Seroquel)*
- Olanzapine (Zyprexa)
- Risperidone (Risperdal)
- Clozapine (Clozaril, Fazaclo)*
- Ziprasidone (Geodon)
- Paliperidone (Invega)
- Iloperidone (Fanapt)
- Asenapine (Saphris)
- Lurasidone (Latuda)
