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ArticleBorderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation2024

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

Sarah Hauryski, Alexandra Potts, Alison Swigart, Dara Babinski, Daniel A Waschbusch, Lauren N Forrest

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Sarah HauryskiDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Alexandra PottsDepartment of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA.
Alison SwigartDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Dara BabinskiDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Daniel A WaschbuschDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Lauren N ForrestDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA. lauren.forrest@psu.edu.

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backgroundPsychiatric medications are not efficacious for treating borderline personality disorder (BPD), yet many patients with BPD are prescribed multiple psychiatric medications. This study aimed to (1) characterize psychiatric medication prescribing practices in adolescents with BPD and (2) assess whether demographic features are associated with prescribing practices.

methodThis sample was N = 2950 pediatric patients with BPD (ages 10-19) across the U.S. Data came from the NeuroBlu database, which includes data from 30 U.S. healthcare systems and hundreds of hospitals. Poisson regressions and chi-squared tests determined whether gender, race, and ethnicity were associated with (1) number of unique psychiatric medications prescribed and (2) number of unique medication classes prescribed.

resultsRoughly two-thirds (64.85%) of youth were prescribed any medications. Of these youth, 79.40% were prescribed ≥ 2 unique medications and 72.66% were prescribed ≥ 2 unique medications classes. The mean number of unique medications was 3.50 (SD = 2.50). The mean number of unique medication classes was 2.35 (SD = 1.15). The most commonly prescribed medication classes were antidepressants and antipsychotics, which were often prescribed in combination. Poisson regressions showed that boys were prescribed more unique medications (M = 3.67) than girls (M = 3.47). Non-Latinx youth were prescribed significantly more unique medications (M = 44.12) than Latinx youth (M = 3.60, p = .01).

conclusionsResults characterize psychiatric medication prescribing practices in youth with BPD. Prescribing practices vary by demographics, such that boys and non-Latinx youth are prescribed more medications than girls and Latinx youth, respectively. These demographic differences suggest that prescribers may treat BPD differently based on patient demographic characteristics.

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Adolescent psychiatryBehavioral healthClinical pharmacologyPsychiatry

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PMCPMC11302085

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