Not exact matches
The researchers used electronic medical record databases and insurance claims to determine rates of diagnoses,
prescription of
psychotropic medications and formal psychotherapy sessions received by white, Asian, black, Hispanic, Native Hawaiian / other Pacific Islander, Native American / Alaskan Native and mixed - race patients.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved few of these
medications for the preschool age group, yet previous studies documented two to threefold increases in
psychotropic prescriptions for preschool children between 1991 and 2001.
This book is open access under a CC BY license.Statistically, women appear to suffer more frequently from depressive and anxiety disorders, featuring more regularly in primary care figures for consultations, diagnoses and
prescriptions for
psychotropic medication.
It should be noted that nearly all
psychotropic prescription medications produce better results for people in treatment if they are paired with a type of psychotherapy.