Cohort Study | Trends in antipsychotic prescribing to children and adolescents in England

Trends in antipsychotic prescribing to children and adolescents in England: cohort study using 2000–19 primary care data – The Lancet Psychiatry

News Release: Researchers reveal worrying rise in antipsychotic prescriptions for children and young people – University of Manchester

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"From 2000 to 2019, the prescriptions for antipsychotics for children and adolescents in England doubled from an annual period prevalence in 2000 of 0·057% (95% CI 0·052–0·063%) to 0·105% (0·100–0·111%) in 2019"

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— The Lancet Psychiatry (@TheLancetPsych) January 11, 2023