During the 2022-2023 school year, 20 percent of university and college students in the U.S. reported that in the past year they had been using antidepressant medications regularly. This statistic shows the percentage of postsecondary students using psychotropic medications in the United States in 2022-2023.
Percentage of college students using psychotropic medications in the United States in 2022-2023*
Release date represents the date figures were accessed.
* Original question: "In the past 12 months have you taken any of the following types of medications? Please count only those you took, or are taking, several
times per week. (Select all that apply)"
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Healthy Minds Network. (August 15, 2023). Percentage of college students using psychotropic medications in the United States in 2022-2023* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126744/percentage-of-college-students-using-psychotropic-medications-us/
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Healthy Minds Network. (2023). Percentage of college students using psychotropic medications in the United States in 2022-2023*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126744/percentage-of-college-students-using-psychotropic-medications-us/
Healthy Minds Network. "Percentage of College Students Using Psychotropic Medications in The United States in 2022-2023*." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Aug 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126744/percentage-of-college-students-using-psychotropic-medications-us/
Healthy Minds Network, Percentage of college students using psychotropic medications in the United States in 2022-2023* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126744/percentage-of-college-students-using-psychotropic-medications-us/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
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