Katharina Buczek
“However, this study will help clinicians to evaluate the prescribing of antipsychotics to children more fully and will encourage them to consider better access to alternatives.”
The study also revealed that boys and older adolescents– between the ages of 15 and 18– were more likely to receive antipsychotic prescriptions as compared to girls and younger children. Nonetheless, the overall rising trend was present among all groups.
Additionally, an older class of antipsychotics which might be associated with extrapyramidal side effects like movement disorders were more frequently prescribed in deprived areas.
“It is notable and relevant to the current discourse that we report inequities in prescribing as a result of deprivation levels; and that the indications for which approvals are available are no longer the commonest reason these medications are being prescribed,” said Professor Kathryn Abel, one of the study’s senior authors.
“Broadening use of antipsychotics in developing young people begs questions about their safety over time and demands more research on this topic.”
To read the study’s complete findings, which have since been published in The Lancet Psychiatry, visit the link here.
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