From: Child and adolescent mental health care in Dutch general practice: time trend analyses
 | Prescriptionsa | Linear time trend | |||||
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 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | X2 | p |
N general practices | 49 | 63 | 63 | 74 | 78 | Â | Â |
N patients | 2259 | 2782 | 3410 | 4082 | 4954 | Â | Â |
Any psychotropic prescription | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   0-12 years | 12.97 | 13.65 | 12.15 | 13.32 | 15.22 | 1.93 | 0.16 |
   13-18 years | 32.49 | 31.40 | 26.38 | 27.27 | 29.39 | 4.16 | 0.04 |
Antipsychotics (N05A) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   0-12 years | 3.14 | 2.73 | 1.92 | 1.90 | 2.11 | 0.93 | 0.33 |
   13-18 years | 4.03 | 3.39 | 4.19 | 3.95 | 4.05 | 0.11 | 0.74 |
Anxiolytics (N05B) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   0-12 years | 1.64 | 0.70 | 1.05 | 0.84 | 0.89 | 1.45 | 0.23 |
   13-18 years | 7.68 | 7.22 | 5.17 | 4.69 | 5.29 | 6.02 | 0.01 |
Hypnotics and sedatives (N05C) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   0-12 years | 0.75 | 1.18 | 1.14 | 1.35 | 1.74 | 4.22 | 0.04 |
   13-18 years | 4.53 | 5.36 | 4.46 | 4.47 | 4.76 | 0.03 | 0.86 |
Antidepressants (N06A) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   0-12 years | 1.02 | 1.39 | 0.44 | 0.47 | 0.37 | 6.80 | 0.009 |
   13-18 years | 11.21 | 8.10 | 4.28 | 4.62 | 5.65 | 13.52 | < 0.001 |
Psychostimulants (N06BA04, N06BA09) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
   0-12 years | 7.99 | 9.26 | 8.78 | 10.33 | 12.22 | 8.29 | 0.004 |
   13-18 years | 10.58 | 12.25 | 11.94 | 14.01 | 15.29 | 3.07 | 0.08 |