By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times / For the Booster Shots blogNovember 16, 2011, 9:53 a.m.Medications to treat mental health disorders is soaring among U.S. adults, according to data released Wednesday by Medco Health Solutions, a pharmacy benefit manager.
Twenty percent of all adults said they took at least one medication to treat a mental disorder. Among women, 25% said they took such medication and 20% said they were using an antidepressant.
The survey analyzed prescription drug trends among 2.5 million insured Americans from 2001 to 2010.
FULL STORYMaybe we have too many mental disorders in the DSM.
