20% of U.S. Population Had Prescriptions for Mental Health-Related Medications in 2010
Hot 'Off The Wire' News for the Week of December 12, 2011
In 2010, about 21% of the approximately 164 million Americans with commercial health insurance, were prescribed a mental health-related medication—antidepressants, anti-anxiety medications, antipsychotics, or medications to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. A decade earlier, only 17% of insured Americans took mental health-related medications. The prevalence of such prescriptions varied by the individual’s gender and age with most of the increase among occurring among adults. Among children, the prevalence of prescriptions for mental health-related medications increased by one percentage point, from about 5% in 2001 to 6% in 2010... Full Article (premium members)
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