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Table 6 Numbers of children with a psychological or social diagnosis who received psychopharmacological prescriptions in Eureka practices and control practices in 2011

From: A new approach to child mental healthcare within general practice

 

Eureka practices (N = 4)

Control practices

F-test: experiment 2011 (A) vs. control/deprived (B) vs control /not deprived (C)

 

During intervention

Deprived (N = 6)

Not deprived (N = 27)

Year

2011

2011

2011

 

 Number of children with psychological or social diagnosis

253

133

1361

 

 Number of children with any psychopharmacological prescription

24 (9.5 %)

7 (5.3 %)

228 (16.8 %)

F = 9.76 (df = 2, 1744), p < .001) (C > A,B)

  -Analgesics

0

0

2 (.2 %)

n.s.

  -Antipsychotics

0

2 (1.5 %)

23 (1.7 %)

n.s.

  -Benzodiazepines

1 (.4 %)

1 (.8 %)

11 (.8 %)

n.s.

  -SSRIs

2 (.8 %)

0

7 (.5 %)

n.s.

  -Psychostimulants

17 (6.7 %)

3 (2.3 %)

145 (10.7 %)

F = 6.32; df = 2, 1744; p < .005 (C > B)

  -Other

5 (2.0 %)

1 (.8 %)

72 (5.3 %)

F = 5.09; df = 2, 1744; p < .01 (C > B)