28 Mental health and antipsychotic prescription receipt among youth: A nation-wide healthcare insurance claims study

Abstract

OBJECTIVES/GOALS: In 2010, an estimated 65% of antipsychotic prescriptions were given to youth for off-label indications. It is unclear whether subsequent calls for reduced pediatric prescribing led to a decrease in off-label use. This study examined the diagnostic characteristics of the current pediatric population using antipsychotics in the United States. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Data from the Clinformatics Data Mart, a database containing longitudinal patient information between 2010-2019 from commercial healthcare insurance claims in the United States was used in this study. We conducted a case-control study, in which antipsychotic initiators were matched 1:1 to non-initiators on age, sex, and insurance enrollment. There were 26,375 included antipsychotic initiators with matched non-initiator controls between the ages of 6-17. Conditional logistic regression was used to examine the odds of being an antipsychotic user among those with past-year psychiatric diagnoses that have been previously found to be associated with antipsychotic use. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Disorders with psychotic features were associated with the greatest differences in odds of antipsychotic prescription receipt. Specifically, children with bipolar or manic disorders had 145-fold greater odds of antipsychotic receipt than did those without bipolar or manic disorders (OR = 145.45, 95% CI = [95.64, 221.22]), whereas those with schizophrenia had 106-fold greater odds (OR = 105.89, CI = [67.40, 166.37]). However, these disorders occurred in only 12% and 8%, respectively, of the antipsychotic recipients. The most common disorders among those with antipsychotic receipt were depressive disorders and ADHD, which occurred in 46% and 43% of the recipients, respectively. Additionally, conduct disorder was present in 20% of recipients. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: As expected, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia were strongly associated with initiation of pediatric antipsychotic treatment. Yet, most initiators did not have a diagnosis for either psychotic disorder or any other FDA-approved indications. This study highlights the critical need for further research on antipsychotic use among youth.