Dispensing of psychotropic medications to Australian children and adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2013-2021: a retrospective cohort study.
Stephen J WoodJenni IlomäkiJacqueline GouldGeorge Sq TanMelissa RavenJon N JureidiniLuke E GrzeskowiakPublished in: The Medical journal of Australia (2023)
The prevalence of both psychotropic dispensing and psychotropic polypharmacy for children and adolescents were twice as high in 2021 as in 2013. The reasons and appropriateness of the marked increases in psychotropic dispensing during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly to adolescent girls, should be investigated.
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