Comparison of antipsychotic drug use in children and adolescents in the Netherlands before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: This study aims to describe the patterns and trends in antipsychotic prescription among Dutch youth before and during the corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic (between 2017 and 2022). The study specifically aims to determine whether there has been an increase or decrease in antipsychotic prescription among this population, and whether there are any differences in prescription patterns among different age and sex groups. The study utilized the IADB database, which is a pharmacy prescription database containing dispensing data from approximately 120 community pharmacies in the Netherlands, to analyze the monthly prevalence and incidence rates of antipsychotic prescription among Dutch youth before and during the pandemic. The study also examined the prescribing patterns of the five m

SUBMITTER: Gangapersad RN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11272724 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature