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, by ethnicity. Of those surveyed, 4.9 percent of non-Hispanic white adolescents reported taking antidepressants in the last month. Psychotropic medication is used to treat clinical psychiatric symptoms or mental disorders such as depression.
Psychotropic medication use among U.S. adolescents in the last month from 2005 to 2010, by ethnicity
* Mexican Americans taking antidepressants: Does not meet standards of reliability or precision; relative standard error greater than 30%.
ADHD = attention deficit hyperactive disorder.
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CDC. (December 1, 2013). Psychotropic medication use among U.S. adolescents in the last month from 2005 to 2010, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/318505/psychotropic-medication-use-in-us-adolescents-by-ethnicity/
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CDC. (2013). Psychotropic medication use among U.S. adolescents in the last month from 2005 to 2010, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/318505/psychotropic-medication-use-in-us-adolescents-by-ethnicity/
CDC. "Psychotropic Medication Use among U.S. Adolescents in The Last Month from 2005 to 2010, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/318505/psychotropic-medication-use-in-us-adolescents-by-ethnicity/
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