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Use Of Antidepressant & Antipsychotic Medications Rose From 2013 To 2018

Between 2013 and 2018, the number of persons in the U.S. civilian non-institutionalized population (age 16 and older) obtaining a prescribed antidepressant rose by 14%, from 32.7 million in 2013 to 37.3 million in 2018, for a 2018 penetration rate of 14% of the population age 16 and above. The number of people obtaining a prescribed antipsychotic rose by 22%, from 5.0 million in 2013 to 6.1 million in 2018, for a 2018 penetration rate of 2% of the population …

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