Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of parents’ mental health care claims

Parent Characteristic	Mothers (n = 48,772)	Fathers (n = 46,298)	Total (n = 95,070)
Parental mental health diagnosis at baseline
ASD/PTSD	1,343 (2.8)	696 (1.5)	2.039 (2.1)
Depression	3,176 (6.5)	1,379 (3.0)	4,555 (4.7)
Anxiety	2,594 (5.3)	1,267 (2.7)	3,861 (4.1)
Other mental health disorders	738 (1.5)	338 (0.7)	1,076 (1.1)
Parents with insurance claims for mental health visits at baseline, n (%)	344 (0.7)	258 (0.6)	602 (0.6)
Parental antidepressant use at baseline, n (%)	8,655 (17.8)	3,665 (7.9)	12,320 (13.0)
Parental anxiolytic use at baseline, n (%)	5,479 (11.2)	3,011 (6.5)	8,490 (8.9)

ASD = acute stress disorder; PTSD = post-traumatic stress disorder