Atlanta, GA – Health officials say roughly 1 in 25 adolescents in the United States are taking antidepressants.
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A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the first to offer statistics on how many kids ages 12 to 17 take antidepressants. It’s based on surveys and depression screenings of about 12,000 Americans.
The study found about 1 in 10 adults take antidepressants. And perhaps more should — the researchers said only one third of people with depression symptoms in the study were taking medication.
The CDC report was released Wednesday. It also found that women take the drugs more than men, and whites use them more than blacks or Mexican-Americans.
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CDC report: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs
The truth is that if the statistic is accurate then that would show that not enough teens are taking anti deppressants. The figure should be more like 23 out of 25 take the drug.
What’s wrong, if it helps you live a good life by all means!
It’s a luxury to visit a competent psychologist and a psychiatrist because they are very expensive. I think 6 out of 10 mental health professionals are clueless and incompetent when it comes to proper diagnosis and treatment. They just love to medicate anything in sight. And unlike traditional medicine where after a single visit your doctor can make a diagnosis with a prescription, with mental health you need several sessions for psych to properly evaluate you. And on top of that these antidepressants cost a lot of money. Then you have segment of population that doesn’t believe in psychiatry or feel ashamed to admit that they do have a problem and do need to see a shrink because of stigma to “mental” health.
among Jews the rate even higher