Antidepressant Dispensing to US Adolescents and Young Adults: 2016-2022.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mental health worsened in adolescents and young adults after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in March 2020, but whether antidepressant dispensing to this population changed is unknown.

Methods

We identified antidepressant prescriptions dispensed to US individuals aged 12 to 25 years from 2016 to 2022 using the IQVIA Longitudinal Prescription Database, an all-payer national database. The outcome was the monthly antidepressant dispensing rate, defined as the monthly number of individuals with ≥1 dispensed antidepressant prescription per 100 000 people. We fitted linear segmented regression models assessing for level or slope changes during March 2020 and conducted subgroup analyses by sex and age group.

Results

Between January 2016 and Decemb

SUBMITTER: Chua KP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10904889 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature