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One in five U.S. adults takes medication for a mental disorder

Started by Julie Marie, November 17, 2011, 08:04:08 AM

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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.

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Maybe we have too many mental disorders in the DSM.
When you judge others, you do not define them, you define yourself.
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