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Table 4 Psychotropic prescriptions for youths with mental health problems in 2004-2008

From: Child and adolescent mental health care in Dutch general practice: time trend analyses

 

Prescriptionsa

Linear time trend

 

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

X2

p

N general practices

49

63

63

74

78

  

N patients

2259

2782

3410

4082

4954

  

Any psychotropic prescription

       

   0-12 years

12.97

13.65

12.15

13.32

15.22

1.93

0.16

   13-18 years

32.49

31.40

26.38

27.27

29.39

4.16

0.04

Antipsychotics (N05A)

       

   0-12 years

3.14

2.73

1.92

1.90

2.11

0.93

0.33

   13-18 years

4.03

3.39

4.19

3.95

4.05

0.11

0.74

Anxiolytics (N05B)

       

   0-12 years

1.64

0.70

1.05

0.84

0.89

1.45

0.23

   13-18 years

7.68

7.22

5.17

4.69

5.29

6.02

0.01

Hypnotics and sedatives (N05C)

       

   0-12 years

0.75

1.18

1.14

1.35

1.74

4.22

0.04

   13-18 years

4.53

5.36

4.46

4.47

4.76

0.03

0.86

Antidepressants (N06A)

       

   0-12 years

1.02

1.39

0.44

0.47

0.37

6.80

0.009

   13-18 years

11.21

8.10

4.28

4.62

5.65

13.52

< 0.001

Psychostimulants (N06BA04, N06BA09)

      

   0-12 years

7.99

9.26

8.78

10.33

12.22

8.29

0.004

   13-18 years

10.58

12.25

11.94

14.01

15.29

3.07

0.08

  1. Time trend analyses were adjusted for gender. Alcohol dependence medication (N07BB) was not prescribed.
  2. a Percentages of children and adolescents with mental health problems (P01-P99) who received a psychotropic prescription.