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dc.contributor.authorHartz, Ingeborg
dc.contributor.authorSkurtveit, Svetlana
dc.contributor.authorSteffenak, Anne Kjersti Myhrene
dc.contributor.authorKarlstad, Øystein
dc.contributor.authorHandal, Marte
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-20T09:15:53Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-05T12:01:53Z
dc.date.available2016-05-20T09:15:53Z
dc.date.available2016-10-05T12:01:53Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationBMC Psychiatry 2016, 16nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn1471-244X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2413068
dc.descriptionThis is an Open Access article licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 (CC BY 3.0) and originally published in BMC Psychiatry. You can access the article by following this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-016-0446-znb_NO
dc.descriptionDette er en vitenskapelig, fagfellevurdert artikkel som opprinnelig ble publisert i BMC Psychiatry. Artikkelen er publisert under lisensen Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 (CC BY 3.0). Du kan også få tilgang til artikkelen ved å følge denne lenken: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-016-0446-z
dc.description.abstractBackground Time-trend studies on psychotropic drugs among children and adolescents are scarce, and most of them are outdated. The purpose of this study was to study prevalences of psychotropic drug use during 2004–2014 among Norwegians aged <18 years, overall and in psychotropic sub-groups. Methods Data were obtained from the Norwegian Prescription Database, which covers all dispensed prescription drugs in Norway from 2004 and onwards. Psychotropic drugs included: antipsychotics (ATC-group N05A), anxiolytics (N05B), hypnotic/sedatives (N05C), antidepressants (N06A), stimulants (N06BA), and alimemazine (R06AD01). Period (1-year) prevalence of use, overall and in subgroups of psychotropic drugs, was estimated by identifying individuals <18 years who had at least one psychotropic drug dispensed during each year. Results Psychotropic drug use increased in 0–17 year olds over an 11-year period, in which the main contributing drugs were stimulants (boys overall; 15.0 to 20.8/1000, girls overall; 3.8 to 8.5/1000), hypnotic/sedative drugs in adolescents (boys overall; 4.2 to 10.8/1000, girls overall; 2.6 to 8.8/1000) and to some extent antidepressants among adolescent girls (girls overall from 3.1 to 4.0/1000). Psychotropic drug use was, however, reduced by half in the youngest children, attributed to reduction of alimemazine only (1-year olds: boys; from 36.6 to 10.2/1000, girls; 26.9 to 7.2/1000). A higher level of psychotropic drug use was observed among younger boys, but there is a shift towards girls using more psychotropic drugs than boys during adolescence for all psychotropic drugs except for stimulants. Conclusion Different trends in psychotropic drug use exist in age and gender subgroups. Psychotropic drug use has decreased among the youngest children, attributed to alimemazine, and increased in older children and adolescents, attributed mainly to stimulants and hypnotics/sedatives.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.relation.urihttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4731947/pdf/12888_2016_Article_716.pdf
dc.rightsNavngivelse-Ikkekommersiell-IngenBearbeidelse 3.0 Norge*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/no/*
dc.titlePsychotropic drug use among 0-17 year olds during 2004-2014: a nationwide prescription database studynb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.date.updated2016-05-20T09:15:53Z
dc.source.journalBMC Psychiatrynb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12888-016-0716-x
dc.identifier.cristin1356483


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