Posted by yxibow on May 27, 2006, at 22:16:21
In reply to percentage people on at least one psychotropic?, posted by saturn on May 27, 2006, at 17:07:14
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> While it's impossible to really know, I'm curious if anyone has any rough estimates.
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> United States, Canada, UK, other...?
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> Children, adults, total...?Well if you want to believe an HMO...
http://www.wellmark.com/health_improvement/reports/antidepressants/antidepressant_findings.htm
sounds about 10% for antidepressant usages.
There really are no shiny happy people, and if they are, they're hiding something. There's a stigma against mental illness and people think that everyone in the office is cheery, but if you look beyond it, I'm sure there's plenty a secret Prozac dose, a domestic dispute, alcoholism, etc, all to get through the days. No... I'm not trying to be too cynical but sometimes one gets stuck in thinking that everyone is just a perfect type A when they just have a different coping mechanism.
But back to bits of useless trivia, my unrelated question has always been, how many people are born on each day of the year by percentage?
-- tidingsJay
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