Evaluation of Psychotropic Drug Use in Adolescents Accessing a General Emergency Medical Department for Mental Disorders
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
Data Source and Analyses
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Mental Disorders | Psychotropic Drug | |
---|---|---|---|
(n = 56) | (n = 30) | ||
Gender | Male | 22 | 16 |
Female | 34 | 14 | |
Age (years) | 13–15 | 24 | 11 |
16–17 | 32 | 19 | |
Born in Italy | Yes | 44 | 21 |
No | 12 | 7 | |
Out-of-hours | Yes | 18 | 8 |
No | 38 | 22 | |
Urgent visit | Yes | 20 | 11 |
No | 36 | 19 | |
Physician | Child psychiatrist | 32 | 21 |
Psychiatrist | 23 | 9 | |
Naive | Yes | 17 | 9 |
Diagnosis | Anxiety disorders | 21 | 15 |
Predominant psychomotor disturbance | 13 | 8 | |
Mood disorders | 6 | 3 | |
Borderline personality disorder | 5 | 3 | |
Psychosis | 5 | 1 | |
Others | 6 | 0 | |
Outcome | Discharged with outpatient indications | 30 | 17 |
Hospitalization | 10 | 3 | |
Discharged to home | 10 | 7 | |
Discharged to the child-care home | 5 | 3 |
Active Substance | n. | Child-Psychiatrists | Psychiatrists | Disorder |
---|---|---|---|---|
Delorazepam | 17 | 12 | 5 | Anxiety disorders: 9 Psychomotor disturbance: 6 Personality disorder:1 Psychosis: 1 |
Alprazolam | 4 | 4 | - | Anxiety disorders: 3 Personality disorder: 1 |
Olanzapine | 4 | 2 | 2 | Anxiety disorders: 1 Mood disorder: 1 Psychosis:1 Psychomotor disturbance: 1 |
Lorazepam | 3 | 2 | 1 | Anxiety disorders: 2 Psychomotor disturbance: 1 |
Aripiprazole | 2 | 1 | 1 | Anxiety disorders: 1 Mood disorder: 1 |
Flurazepam | 2 | 1 | 1 | Anxiety disorders: 1 Mood disorder: 1 |
Risperidone | 2 | 1 | 1 | Psychomotor disturbance: 2 |
Bromazepam | 1 | 1 | - | Anxiety disorders: 1 |
Diazepam | 1 | - | 1 | Anxiety disorders: 1 |
Midazolam | 1 | - | 1 | Anxiety disorders: 1 |
Promazine | 1 | - | 1 | Personality disorder: 1 |
Quetiapine | 1 | - | 1 | Psychomotor disturbance: 1 |
Valproic Acid | 1 | 1 | - | Psychomotor disturbance: 1 |
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Buttera, M.; Clavenna, A.; Tansini, L.; Maselli, E.; Albizzati, A.; Canevini, M.P.; Bonati, M. Evaluation of Psychotropic Drug Use in Adolescents Accessing a General Emergency Medical Department for Mental Disorders. Adolescents 2021, 1, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3390/adolescents1010001
Buttera M, Clavenna A, Tansini L, Maselli E, Albizzati A, Canevini MP, Bonati M. Evaluation of Psychotropic Drug Use in Adolescents Accessing a General Emergency Medical Department for Mental Disorders. Adolescents. 2021; 1(1):1-9. https://doi.org/10.3390/adolescents1010001
Chicago/Turabian StyleButtera, Martina, Antonio Clavenna, Lucia Tansini, Erica Maselli, Alessandro Albizzati, Maria Paola Canevini, and Maurizio Bonati. 2021. "Evaluation of Psychotropic Drug Use in Adolescents Accessing a General Emergency Medical Department for Mental Disorders" Adolescents 1, no. 1: 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3390/adolescents1010001