Adolescents in the U.S. that have used psychotropic drugs by type 2005-2010
This statistic depicts 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, by type. Of those surveyed, 3.2 percent of adolescents reported taking antidepressants in the last month. Psychotropic medication is used to treat clinical psychiatric symptoms or mental disorders such as depression.
