Characterizing psychopharmacological prescribing practices in a large cohort of adolescents with borderline personality disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psychiatric medications are not efficacious for treating borderline personality disorder (BPD), yet many patients with BPD are prescribed multiple psychiatric medications. This study aimed to (1) characterize psychiatric medication prescribing practices in adolescents with BPD and (2) assess whether demographic features are associated with prescribing practices.

Method

This sample was N = 2950 pediatric patients with BPD (ages 10-19) across the U.S. Data came from the NeuroBlu database, which includes data from 30 U.S. healthcare systems and hundreds of hospitals. Poisson regressions and chi-squared tests determined whether gender, race, and ethnicity were associated with (1) number of unique psychiatric medications prescribed and (2) number of unique medication c

SUBMITTER: Hauryski S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11302085 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature