Antidepressant Use Among Persons Aged 12 and Over:United States,2011-2014.

نویسندگان

  • Laura A Pratt
  • Debra J Brody
  • Qiuping Gu
چکیده

Antidepressants are one of the three most commonly used therapeutic drug classes in the United States (1). While the majority of antidepressants are taken to treat depression, antidepressants can also be taken to treat other conditions, like anxiety disorders. This Data Brief provides the most recent estimates of antidepressant use in the U.S. noninstitutionalized population, including prevalence of use by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, and length of use. This report also describes trends in the prevalence of antidepressant use from 1999–2002 to 2011–2014.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • NCHS data brief

دوره 283  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2017