Medications for sleep disturbance in children and adolescents with depression: a survey of Canadian child and adolescent psychiatrists.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary care physicians and child and adolescent psychiatrists often treat sleep disturbances in children and adolescents with mood disorders using medications off-label, in the absence of clear evidence for efficacy, tolerability and short or long-term safety. This study is the first to report Canadian data about prescribing preferences and perceived effectiveness reported by child and adolescent psychiatrists regarding medications used to manage sleep disturbances in children and adolescents with depression.

Methods

Canadian child and adolescent psychiatrists were surveyed on their perception of effectiveness of a range of medications commonly prescribed for sleep disturbances, their ranked preferences for these medications, reasons for avoiding certain medicati

SUBMITTER: Boafo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7063733 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature