title: Psychoactive drug prescribing by Dutch child and adolescent psychiatrists.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To gain more insight into the prescribing of psychoactive drugs by Dutch child psychiatrists.
  
  
  METHODS
  A questionnaire was sent to all child psychiatrists in the Netherlands. Questions were asked about the prescribing of antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiolytics and psychostimulants for psychiatric disorders in children.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The preference of specific antidepressants, antipsychotics and anxiolytics depends on the disorder. For different disorders, off-label prescribing varies from 19 to 71%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Preferences differ widely. Off-label drug prescribing is high. More studies on the efficacy and safety of psychoactive drugs in children are therefore required.
authors.affiliation: Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacoepidemiology & Pharmacotherapy, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. j.g.hugtenburg@pharm.uu.nl
authors.forename: Jacqueline G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Hugtenburg
authors.forename: Eibert R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Heerdink
authors.forename: Yung Hwo
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Tso
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004363:Drug Utilization; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009426:Netherlands; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs