Antipsychotic Medications for Low-Income Preschoolers: Long Duration and Psychotropic Medication Polypharmacy

Antipsychotic Medications for Low-Income Preschoolers: Long Duration and Psychotropic Medication Polypharmacy

Objective:This study aimed to evaluate prescribing patterns of antipsychotic medication and factors that predict duration of use among low-income, preschool-age children.Methods:State Medicaid claims from 2012 to 2017 were used to identify antipsychotic medication use for children

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Veröffentlicht in:Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2022-05, Vol.73 (5), p.510-517
Hauptverfasser: Lohr, W. David, Jawad, Kahir, Feygin, Yana, Le, Jennifer, Creel, Liza, Pasquenza, Natalie, Williams, P. Gail, Jones, V. Faye, Myers, John, Davis, Deborah Winders
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Sprache:eng
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Antipsychotic Agents - therapeutic use
Antipsychotics
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - drug therapy
Child
Child, Preschool
Drug use
Female
Humans
Male
Medicaid
Neurodevelopmental disorders
Polypharmacy
Preschool children
Prescriptions
Psychotropic drugs
Psychotropic Drugs - therapeutic use
United States
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Zusammenfassung:Objective:This study aimed to evaluate prescribing patterns of antipsychotic medication and factors that predict duration of use among low-income, preschool-age children.Methods:State Medicaid claims from 2012 to 2017 were used to identify antipsychotic medication use for children
ISSN:1075-2730
1557-9700
DOI:10.1176/appi.ps.202000673