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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Centre for Paediatric Pharmacy Research, The School of Pharmacy and the Institute of Child Health, University of London, 29-39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX, UK. ian.wong@ulsop.ac.uk
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009656:North America; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013020:South America
D011619:Psychotropic Drugs