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Recent trends in primary-care antidepressant prescribing to children and young people: an e-cohort study

A. John, A. L. Marchant, D. L. Fone, J. I. McGregor, M. S. Dennis, J. O. A. Tan, K. Lloyd, Keith Lloyd Orcid Logo, Michael Dennis, Joanna McGregor Orcid Logo, Ann John Orcid Logo, Amanda Marchant Orcid Logo

Psychological Medicine, Volume: 46, Issue: 16, Pages: 3315 - 3327

Swansea University Authors: Keith Lloyd Orcid Logo, Michael Dennis, Joanna McGregor Orcid Logo, Ann John Orcid Logo, Amanda Marchant Orcid Logo

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Concerns relating to increased use of psychotropic medication contrast with those of under-treatment and under-recognition of common mental disorders in children and young people (CYP) across developed countries. Little is known about the indications recorded for antidepressant prescribing in primar...

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