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The classification of medications followed Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical coding. Participants were stratified into 10-year age groups from 0\u20139 to \u2a7e90 years, and sex was coded as male\/female. We retrieved population numbers from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The number of records per year ranged from 1,540,520 to 1,746,402, and 54.10% were for females. A greater proportion of older adults, particularly those aged \u2a7e70 years, were dispensed antipsychotics, antidepressants, anxiolytics and hypnotics than any other age group. The proportion of people who dispensed antipsychotics, anxiolytics and hypnotics declined between 2013 and 2022 but increased for antidepressants, most markedly for adolescents and young adults. Females were more frequently dispensed antidepressants, anxiolytics and hypnotics than males, but males were more frequently dispensed antipsychotics than females, albeit not in later life.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Older age groups and females are the most frequent recipients of psychotropic medications dispensed in Australia.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/00048674241270918","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,12]],"date-time":"2024-08-12T00:45:47Z","timestamp":1723423547000},"page":"914-917","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Research Letter: Dispensing of psychotropic medications in Australia between 2013 and 2022"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"58","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8689-6199","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Osvaldo P","family":"Almeida","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical School, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia"},{"name":"Institute for Health Research, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, WA, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Christopher","family":"Etherton-Beer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical School, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Frank","family":"Sanfilippo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"David B","family":"Preen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Amy","family":"Page","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Allied Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-00048674241270918","unstructured":"Australian Bureau of Statistics (2023) National, state and territory population. 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