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Psychotropic medication prescribing for children and adolescents by general practitioners during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Description

The mental health of children and adolescents was harmed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic, partly because of reduced access to social and wider family support networks and disruptions to school‐based services.

The prescribing of psychotropic medications by general practitioners, 84.7% of mental health‐related prescribing in Australia, is a key indicator of mental health care activity.

This MJA research letter shares more.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Explain key components of the article
  2. List main findings
  3. Recognise the contributing factors of increased psychotropic prescribing during the COVID-19 pandemic to increase mental health care support for patients.

Details

Author: Rae‐Anne Hardie, Gorkem Sezgin, Lisa G Pont, Judith Thomas, Mirela Prgomet, Precious McGuire, Christopher Pearce and Andrew Georgiou

Article Type: Research Letter

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CPD Activity Details
Topic
General Practice and Primary Care, Global Health, Health Policy
CAPE Aspects
Professionalism
Effective Year

Educational Activities (EA) - 0.30

Reviewing Performance (RP) - 0.0

Measuring Outcomes (MO) - 0.0

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*Medical Board of Australia’s (MBA)’s revised Registration Standard: Continuing professional development (the Standard)