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. 2011 Aug;21(4):311–319. doi: 10.1089/cap.2010.0138

Table 2.

Current Diagnoses of Participants Prescribed Medication at Baseline (n=443)

  Not currently prescribed an antipsychotic (n=286) Currently prescribed an antipsychotic (n=157) Fisher's Exact Test, p value
Current Diagnostic Groups
 Any Psychotic Disorder* (n=13) 4 (31%) 9 (69%)  
 No Psychotic Disorder (n=430) 282 (66%) 148 (34%) .016
Bipolar Disorder Group Comparisons
 Bipolar 1 Disorder (BP1) (n=60) 15 (25%) 45 (75%)  
 No BP1 Disorder (n=383) 271 (71%) 112 (29%) <.0005
 Other Bipolar Diagnoses (n=56) 35 (63%) 21 (38%)  
 Non-Other Bipolar Diagnoses (n=387) 251 (65%) 136 (35%) .766
 Any Bipolar Diagnosis (n=116) 50 (43%) 66 (57%)  
 No Bipolar Diagnosis (n=327) 236 (72%) 91 (28%) <.0005
Any Disruptive Behavior Disorder (n=214) 143 (67%) 71 (33%)  
No Disruptive Behavior Disorder (n=229) 143 (62%) 86 (38%) .371
Any Pervasive Developmental Disorder (n=37) 20 (54%) 17 (46%)  
No Pervasive Developmental Disorder (n=406) 266 (66%) 140 (35%) .208
Any Tourette's/Tic Disorder (n=15) 13 (87%) 2 (13%)  
No Tourette's/Tic Disorder (n=428) 273 (64%) 155 (36%) .098
ADHD Group Comparisons
 Any Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
 (ADHD) (n=361) 252 (70%) 109 (30%)  
 No ADHD (n=82) 34 (42%) 48 (59%) <0.0005
 ADHD only** (n=62) 49 (79%) 13 (21%)  
 No ADHD only diagnosis (n=381) 237 (62%) 144 (38%) .010
Any Depressive Disorder (n=69) 51 (74%) 18 (26%)  
No Depressive Disorder (n=374) 235 (63%) 139 (37%) .100
Any Anxiety Disorder (n=127) 79 (62%) 48 (38%)  
No Anxiety Disorder (n=316) 207 (66%) 109 (35%) .512
More than one current diagnosis at baseline (n=350) 227 (65%) 123 (35%)  
One or no current diagnosis at baseline (n=93) 59 (63%) 34 (37%) .808
Does not meet DSM-IV criteria for a Current Diagnosis (n=4) 2 (50%) 2 (50%)  
Meets DSM-IV criteria for a Current Diagnosis (n=439) 284 (65%) 155 (35%) .617
*

One child met criteria for a psychotic disorder and BP1 and 2 children met criteria for a psychotic disorder and BP-NOS, these children were included in the psychotic diagnosis diagnostic group only; **Children in this group may have also met criteria for enuresis or encopresis diagnoses.