Preterm birth and psychiatric medication prescription in young adulthood: a Swedish national cohort study | Zendy

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Preterm birth and psychiatric medication prescription in young adulthood: a Swedish national cohort study

Author(s) -

Casey Crump,

Marilyn A. Winkleby,

K. Sundquist,

Jan Sundquist

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyq103

Subject(s) - medicine , medical prescription , psychiatry , mental health , young adult , pharmacy , cohort study , cohort , pediatrics , family medicine , gerontology , pharmacology , pathology

Recent studies suggest an increased risk of adverse mental health outcomes among young adults who were born preterm. These studies have been based mainly on hospital data, thus missing large numbers of mental health problems that do not require inpatient treatment. We used national outpatient and inpatient pharmacy data to evaluate whether individuals who were born preterm were more likely to be prescribed psychiatric medications during young adulthood than individuals who were born full term.

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