Adolescents in the U.S. that have used psychotropic drugs in the last month 2005-2010
This statistic displays the percentage of adolescents in the United States, between the ages of 12 and 19, who have taken psychotropic medication in the past month between 2005 and 2010. Of those surveyed, 4.5 percent of adolescents reported taking one psychotropic drug within the preceding month. Psychotropic medication is used to treat clinical psychiatric symptoms or mental disorders such as depression.