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Table 1 Antidepressant prescriptions and indications in a specialist child and adolescent eating disorders program.

From: Psychotropic drug prescribing in an Australian specialist child and adolescent eating disorder service: a retrospective study

 

Number of prescriptions

Indications

Dosage/day(M, range)

Pre-referral

During EDP

Depression mood

Depression & anxiety

Depression & OCD anxiety

OCD

Anxiety

Depression & OCD

OCD & anxiety

Depression & PTSD

Depression & insomnia

Anxiety & bulimic symptoms

Depression & bulimic symptoms

Unclear

Amitriptyline (25 mg, NA)

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

Citalopram (32 mg, 20-60 mg)

-

6

3

2

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

Desvenlafaxine (83 mg, 50-100 mg)

-

3

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Escitalopram (15 mg, 10-20 mg)

1

1

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Fluoxetine (32 mg, 10-60 mg)

4

35

21

4

3

2

2

1

2

2

-

1

1

-

Fluvoxamine (150 mg, NA)

1

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Mirtazapine (22 mg, 15-30 mg)

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

1

Moclobemide (150 mg, NA)

-

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Sertraline (100 mg, NA)

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Venlafaxine (168 mg, 150-225 mg)

-

4

2

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total

60

31 (52%)

8 (13%)

5 (8%)

3 (5%)

2 (3%)

2 (3%)

2 (3%)

2 (3%)

2 (3%)

1 (2%)

1 (2%)

1 (2%)

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Journal of Eating Disorders

ISSN: 2050-2974