Youth Antidepressant Prescribing Rose Faster After COVID-19 Outbreak
For adolescents and young adults, antidepressant dispensing was increasing before the COVID-19 outbreak, and increased after.
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For adolescents and young adults, antidepressant dispensing was increasing before the COVID-19 outbreak, and increased after.
Young people turned to antidepressants in greater numbers during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, new research has shown. Mental health experts react to the findings.
Importantly, the increase in the antidepressant dispensing rate during the pandemic was driven by females: 130 per cent faster among girls aged 12-17 years and 60 per cent faster among females aged 18-25 years.
Researchers found a 66.3% increase in the monthly antidepressant dispensing rate between January 2016 and December 2022, from 2575.9 to 4284.8.
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