By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times / For the Booster Shots blog
November 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 STORY (http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-mental-health-20111116,0,6275462.story?track=lat-pick)
Maybe we have too many mental disorders in the DSM.