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Table 2 Antipsychotic 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

Anxiety

Agitation

Anxiety & agitation

Anxiety & insomnia

Depression & anxiety

Depression & PTSD

Depression & agitation

PTSD

Depression

Depression & insomnia

Depression & insomnia & affective dysregulation

OCD & anorexic ruminations

Olanzapine (6.8 mg, 2.5-15 mg)

-

7

2

3

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Quetiapine (56 mg, 12.5-200 mg)

-

24

7

4

3

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Risperidone (1 mg, NA)

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total

32

9 (27%)

8 (24%)

4 (12%)

2 (6%)

2 (6%)

1 (3%)

1 (3%)

1 (3%)

1 (3%)

1 (3%)

1 (3%)

1 (3%)