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Americans Bloated On ‘Happy Pills’
For Dworkin, statistics back his statements. According to a government study, antidepressants have become the most commonly prescribed drugs in the United States. They are prescribed more than drugs to treat high blood pressure, high cholesterol, asthma, or headaches.
In a study, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), looked at 2.4 billion drugs prescribed in visits to doctors and hospitals in 2005. Of those, 118 million were for antidepressants. High blood pressure drugs followed with 113 million prescriptions.
The study claims that the use of antidepressants and other psychotropic drugs (those that affect brain chemistry) has skyrocketed over the last decade. Adult use of antidepressants almost tripled between the periods 1988-1994 and 1999-2000, while between 1995 and 2002, the most recent year for which statistics are available, the use of these drugs rose 48 percent.
Yet, for most psychiatrists, this statistic is good news - a sign that finally Americans feel comfortable asking for help with psychiatric problems. "Depression is a major public health issue," says Dr. Kelly Posner, an assistant professor at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. "The fact that people are getting the treatments they need is encouraging."
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