Increased prescribing trends of paediatric psychotropic medications

Increased prescribing trends of paediatric psychotropic medications.

Psychotropic medication use by children in the USA has increased. We used the IMS MIDAS Prescribing Insights to examine prescribing trends in nine countries between the years 2000 and 2002. Trends in seven countries rose significantly from year 2000 to 2002; the UK had the highest increase (68%).

Trends in the prescribing of psychotropic medications to preschoolers.

CONTEXT Recent reports on the use of psychotropic medications for preschool-aged children with behavioral and emotional disorders warrant further examination of trends in the type and extent of drug therapy and sociodemographic correlates. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of psychotropic medication use in preschool-aged youths and to show utilization trends across a 5-year span. DESIG...

Safe and judicious paediatric psychotropic prescribing.

Psychotropic medications are now a well-established and evidenced based treatment for increasing number of child mental health disorders prescribed at increasing frequencies and by increasing number of professional groups. Clinicians' perceived levels of competence and standardised monitoring lag behind prescribing practice and should be addressed by regular continuous professional development....

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Psychotropic Medications: Optimal Prescribing Through the Utilization of Genetic Testing

Psychiatric drug treatment is characterized by large interindividual differences in drug response and dosage requirements. For example, only half of the patients will respond to antidepressant treatment and only one-third of patients experience a full remission of symptoms [1]. In terms of antipsychotic medication, approximately 20% to 35% of people affected by schizophrenia, under optimal anti...