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Rates of psychotropic medication use over time among youth in child welfare/child protective services.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20415609     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine rates of psychotropic medication use over time among a national probability sample of youths involved with child welfare/child protective services (CW/CPS) in the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW).
METHODS: Growth mixture modeling was used to classify 2,521 youths into groups based on individual medication use trajectories. Determinants associated with groupings were examined using logistic regression.
RESULTS: Overall, 22% of youths used medications over 3 years. Three groups were identified: (1) Low medication use (85%, n = 2,057), where medication was used rarely or never; (2) increasing medication use, where medication was commonly started after investigation (4%, n = 148); and (3) high medication use, where medication use was endorsed over multiple study waves (12%, n = 316). On multivariate modeling, physical abuse predicted membership in the increasing-use group (reference group, low use); Caucasian (versus African American) and need predicted membership in the high-use group (reference group, low use). Male gender was associated with membership in both the increasing-use and high-use groups (reference group, low use). Age and abuse type (physical abuse, neglect) demonstrated complex relationships with group membership.
CONCLUSIONS: Psychotropic medication use trajectories for children in child welfare vary and are best understood when disaggregated into distinct subpopulations.
Authors:
Laurel K Leslie; Ramesh Raghavan; Jinjin Zhang; Gregory A Aarons
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology     Volume:  20     ISSN:  1557-8992     ISO Abbreviation:  J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol     Publication Date:  2010 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-04-26     Completed Date:  2010-07-15     Revised Date:  2011-07-27    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9105358     Medline TA:  J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  135-43     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Center on Child and Family Outcomes, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA. lleslie@tuftsmedicalcenter.org
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Child
Child Abuse / statistics & numerical data
Child Welfare / statistics & numerical data*
Child, Preschool
Drug Utilization / statistics & numerical data
Female
Health Surveys
Humans
Insurance Coverage / statistics & numerical data
Male
Psychotropic Drugs / therapeutic use*
Risk Factors
Time Factors
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
R01MH072961/MH/NIMH NIH HHS; R03 MH082117/MH/NIMH NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Psychotropic Drugs
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