Characterizing psychopharmacological prescribing practices in a large cohort of adolescents with borderline personality disorder

Table 4 Frequency of each medication class being prescribed overall, and frequencies of when psychiatric medication classes were first prescribed (i.e., prior to BPD being diagnosed, on the same day as BPD diagnosis, or after BPD was diagnosed) between ages 10–19

	Received medication class at any time between ages 10–19		First medication prescribed before BPD diagnosis		First medication prescribed the same day as BPD diagnosis		First medication prescribed after BPD diagnosis
	N	% of N = 1912 with medications	n	% of N who received medication class	n	% of N who received medication class	n	% of N who received medication class
Anticonvulsants	731	38.23	301	41.18	176	24.08	254	34.75
Antidepressants	1493	78.09	679	45.48	377	25.25	437	29.27
Antipsychotics	1279	66.89	621	48.55	326	25.49	332	25.96
Anxiolytics	629	32.90	270	42.93	132	20.99	227	36.09
Lithium	253	13.23	92	36.36	56	22.13	105	41.50

The groups are mutually exclusive within medication classes. If a patient is prescribed multiple psychiatric medications of the same class, only the first prescription date of the psychiatric medication class is considered. Except where otherwise noted, percentages should be interpreted across the row. For example, for Anticonvulsant medication class precents sum across the row to equal 100 (41.18% + 24.08% + 34.75% = 100%)

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