Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on antidepressant prescribing with a focus on people with learning disability and autism: an interrupted time series analysis in England using OpenSAFELY-TPP

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on antidepressant prescribing with a focus on people with learning disability and autism: an interrupted time series analysis in England using OpenSAFELY-TPP

Background COVID-19 restrictions led to increased reports of depressive symptoms in the general population and impacted health and social care services. We explored whether these changes affected antidepressant prescribing trends in the general population and those with learning disability or autism...

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Main Authors: Ben Goldacre, David Evans, Orla Macdonald, Richard Croker, Rebecca Smith, Christopher Wood, Andrea Schaffer, Andrew Brown, Brian MacKenna, William Hulme, Chris Bates, Amir Mehrkar, Peter Inglesby, John Parry, Amelia Green, Helen Curtis, Alex Walker, Rose Higgins, Sebastian Bacon, Simon Davy, Tom Ward, Louis Fisher, Iain Dillingham, Milan Wiedemann, Lucy Bridges, Ben Butler-Cole, Colm Andrews, Christine Cunningham, Victoria Speed, Liam C Hart, Thomas O’Dwyer, Steve Maude
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2025-04-01
Series:BMJ Mental Health
Online Access:https://mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1/e301378.full
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