Treatment and Outcomes Among North Carolina Medicaid-Insured Youth With Depression.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Youth depression is increasing and is associated with adverse concurrent and long-term outcomes. Understanding receipt of depression treatment and outcomes is critical for population-level efforts to address youth depression. This study aimed to understand treatment patterns and their association with depression-related outcomes.

Method

North Carolina Medicaid claims were used to conduct a retrospective cohort study of treatment and depression-related outcomes in pediatric Medicaid beneficiaries. The sample included 34,623 youth ages 5 to 21 years with an incident depression diagnosis. Psychotherapy and antidepressant medication were assessed for 6 months following diagnosis. Depression-related outcomes including suicidal or self-harming behaviors, emergency depart

SUBMITTER: Davis NO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11562409 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature