Comparing psychotropic medication prescribing in personality disorder between general mental health and psychological services: retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although no drugs are licensed for the treatment of personality disorder, pharmacological treatment in clinical practice remains common.

Aims

This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of psychotropic drug use and associations with psychological service use among people with personality disorder.

Method

Using data from a large, anonymised mental healthcare database, we identified all adult patients with a diagnosis of personality disorder and ascertained psychotropic medication use between 1 August 2015 and 1 February 2016. Multivariable logistic regression models were constructed, adjusting for sociodemographic, clinical and service use factors, to examine the association between psychological services use and psychotropic medication prescribing.

Resul

SUBMITTER: Kadra-Scalzo G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8058890 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature