Anxiety and Depression Treatment in Primary Care Pediatrics.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Primary care pediatricians (PCP) are often called on to manage child and adolescent anxiety and depression. The objective of this study was to describe PCP care practices around prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) for patients with anxiety and/or depression by using medical record review.

Methods

We identified 1685 patients who had at least 1 visit with a diagnosis of anxiety and/or depression in a large primary care network and were prescribed an SSRI by a network PCP. We randomly selected 110 for chart review. We reviewed the visit when the SSRI was first prescribed (medication visit), immediately previous visit, and immediately subsequent visit. We abstracted rationale for prescribing medication, subspecialist involveme

SUBMITTER: Lester TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10691450 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature