Use of psychotropic medications in general paediatric practice
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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%).
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1034-4810
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.14155