Temporal trends in primary care-recorded psychiatric diagnoses and psychotropic medication prescribing among children and young people in the UK: a population-based study
Increased ADHD awareness may partly explain the study's findings. However, the fall in other diagnoses may reflect barriers to accessing health services at the height of the pandemic. Early identification and timely treatment of mental health difficulties and neurodevelopmental conditions are crucial.
Authors
- Emma Cockcroft (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3798-9492)
- Shruti Garg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4472-4583)
- Darren Mark Ashcroft (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2958-915X)
- Carolyn Chew‐Graham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9722-9981)
- Alex M. Trafford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8145-8133)
- Navneet Kapur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3100-3234)
- Matthew Carr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7336-1606)
- Pearl L. H. Mok (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9983-6374)
- Roger T. Webb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8532-2647)
- Emma Garavini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2067-3838)
- Rachel Temple (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3126-5701)
- Louise Hussey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6108-5085)
- Thomas Kabir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8908-0964)
- Łukasz Cybulski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1774-7288)
Institutions
- University of Exeter (GB)
- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (GB)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- McPin Foundation (GB)
- Mersey Care NHS Trust (GB)
- NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- Royal Manchester Children's Hospital (GB)
- Keele University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British Journal of General Practice
- Published
- 2025-06-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp.2024.0804
- Primary Topic
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- University of Exeter
- Manchester Biomedical Research Centre
- NIHR School for Primary Care Research