Among preschoolers, psychotropic drug prescriptions peaked from 2002 to 2005 and then stabilized from 2006 to 2009, but with increased usage found in boys, white kids, and those lacking private health insurance, researchers reported.
The nationally representative sample of 2- to 5-year-old children revealed that compared with psychotropic prescription rates of 0.98% from 1994 to 1997, the likelihood of preschool psychotropic use was highest in 2002 to 2005 (adjusted odds ratio 0.67), and then diminished from 2006 to 2009 (aOR 0.64), according to Tanya E. Froehlich, MD, of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, and colleagues.
Also, boys (aOR 1.64, 95% CI 1.20-2.25 versus girls), white children (aOR 1.42, 95% CI 1.04-1.93 versus other races), and those without private insurance (aOR 2.38, 95% CI 1.74-3.27 versus privately insured) were all more likely to receive psychotropic prescriptions, they wrote in the October issue of Pediatrics.
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Young Kids Seem to be Getting Less Psychotropics
The nationally representative sample of 2- to 5-year-old children revealed that compared with psychotropic prescription rates of 0.98% from 1994 to 1997, the likelihood of preschool psychotropic use was highest in 2002 to 2005 (adjusted odds ratio 0.67), and then diminished from 2006 to 2009 (aOR 0.64), according to Tanya E. Froehlich, MD, of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, and colleagues.
Also, boys (aOR 1.64, 95% CI 1.20-2.25 versus girls), white children (aOR 1.42, 95% CI 1.04-1.93 versus other races), and those without private insurance (aOR 2.38, 95% CI 1.74-3.27 versus privately insured) were all more likely to receive psychotropic prescriptions, they wrote in the October issue of Pediatrics.
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Young Kids Seem to be Getting Less Psychotropics