Dispensing of psychotropic medication among 400,000 immigrants in The Netherlands

• Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology Vol. 52; no. 8; pp. 963 - 977
• Main Authors: Termorshuizen, Fabian, Selten, Jean-Paul, Heerdink, Eibert R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.08.2017; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Adults; Antidepressants; Antipsychotic drugs; Antipsychotics; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Comparative analysis; Demographics; Disorders; Dispensing; Drug Prescriptions - statistics & numerical data; Drugs; Emigrants and Immigrants - psychology; Emigrants and Immigrants - statistics & numerical data; Epidemiology; Estimates; Female; Humans; Immigrants; Incidence; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mental Disorders - drug therapy; Mental Disorders - epidemiology; Mental health; Middle Aged; Minority & ethnic groups; Netherlands - epidemiology; Original Paper; Pharmacy; Psychiatry; Psychotropic drugs; Psychotropic Drugs - therapeutic use; Regression analysis; Young Adult; Pharmacoepidemiology; Antipsychotics; Ethnic minorities; Antidepressants; Psychostimulants

Purpose Previously, a high prevalence of certain psychiatric disorders was shown among non-Western immigrants. This study explores whether this results in more prescriptions for psychotropic medication. Methods Data on dispensing of medication among adults living in the four largest Dutch cities in...