TABLE 4.

Consumption of each type of psychotropic medication according to the presence of each mental health condition and behavioural problems

Mental health condition	Anxiolytics N = 181 (18.3%)		Antidepressants N = 187 (18.9%)		Antipsychotics N = 274 (27.6%)		None N = 611 (89.3%)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Destructive disorders	62	34.3	58	31.0	100	36.4	42	6.9
Anxiety disorders	66	36.4	56	29.9	71	25.9	38	6.2
Depressive disorders	51	28.1	81	43.3	70	25.5	39	6.3
Schizophrenia spectrum disorders	47	25.9	42	22.5	83	30.2	9	1.5
Obsessive–compulsive disorders	23	12.7	37	19.8	42	15.3	26	4.2
Sleeping disorders	32	17.6	23	12.3	38	13.8	24	3.9
Personality disorders	14	7.7	22	11.8	22	8.0	10	1.6
Dementia/AD	9	4.9	14	7.5	18	6.5	20	3.3
Bipolar disorders	16	8.8	20	10.7	27	9.8	4	.6
Eating disorders	8	4.4	13	7.0	18	6.5	9	1.5
Excretion disorders	10	5.5	5	2.7	11	4.0	10	1.6
Addictive disorders	2	1.1	4	2.1	5	1.8	6	.9
Dissociative disorders	2	1.1	4	2.1	7	2.5	1	.2
Other mental health condition	6	3.3	6	3.2	7	2.5	5	.8
No mental health condition	32	17.7	27	14.4	50	18.2	464	75.9
Behavioural problems	Anxiolytics N = 181 (18.3%)		Antidepressants N = 187 (18.9%)		Antipsychotics N = 274 (27.6%)		None N = 611 (89.3%)
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Stereotyped behaviour	77	42.5	71	38.0	103	37.5	122	19.9
Aggressive behaviour	73	40.3	76	40.6	116	42.3	92	15.1
Disruptive behaviour	69	38.1	71	38.0	104	37.9	74	12.1
Socially offensive behaviour	37	20.4	41	21.9	57	20.8	37	6.1
Self‐injury behaviour	29	16.0	26	13.9	38	13.8	32	5.2
Other challenging behaviour	12	6.6	12	6.4	14	5.1	17	2.8
No behavioural problem	39	21.5	45	24.1	63	22.9	351	57.4