The rise in the prevalence of hypnotics/sedatives (OR: 1.88; 95% CI: 1.64–2.16; p < 0.001) and antidepressants (OR: 1.59; 95% CI: 1.55–1.64; p < 0.001) was likely to be significant.
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A whole population-based cohort study of the trajectory of the prevalence and the incidence of mental illness, challenging behaviour, and psychotropic medication prescribing in adults with intellectual disabilities in the Czech Republic between 2010 and 2022.
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On the contrary, the incidence rates of new prescriptions of most psychotropic medications fell apart from hypnotics/sedatives, which increased significantly between 2015 and 2022 and mood stabilisers that increased with a marginal significance.
The incidence of new psychotropic medication prescriptions among adults with intellectual disabilities between 2015 and 2022 who displayed challenging behaviours However, the incidence of new prescriptions among those who displayed challenging behaviour showed that, despite a decrease in most psychotropic prescriptions, there was a significant increase in hypnotics/sedatives and a marginally significant increase in mood stabiliser prescriptions between 2015 and 2022.