Mother's country of birth and prescription of psychotropic medication in Swedish adolescents: a life course approach.

Willemijn van Leeuwen; Sofia Nilsson; Juan Merlo

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001260

Mother's country of birth and prescription of psychotropic medication in Swedish adolescents: a life course approach.

Willemijn van Leeuwen, Sofia Nilsson, Juan Merlo

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Besides medical needs, psychotropic medication use in adolescence might be conditioned by the cultural context of the family. This knowledge is relevant for both detecting inequities in healthcare, and identifying information bias in epidemiological studies using psychotropic medication as a proxy for impaired psychological health. Therefore, we investigated whether, independent of needs, the socioeconomic characteristics of the mother's country of birth are associated with psychotropic medication use in Swedish-born adolescents.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e001260
Journal	BMJ Open
Volume	2
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001260
Publication status	Published - 2012

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