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 and seen a mental health professional in the last year between 2005 and 2010. Of those surveyed, 42.8 percent of adolescents reported taking one psychotropic drug in the last month had also seen a mental health professional in the last year. Psychotropic medication is used to treat clinical psychiatric symptoms or mental disorders such as depression.
Mental health professional visits among U.S. adolescents who are taking psychotropic medications from 2005 to 2010*
Number of psychotropic drugs
Percentage of adolescents taking psychotropic medications
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CDC. (December 1, 2013). Mental health professional visits among U.S. adolescents who are taking psychotropic medications from 2005 to 2010* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 19, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/318510/psychotropic-medication-use-in-us-adolescents-with-mental-health-professional-visit/
CDC. "Mental health professional visits among U.S. adolescents who are taking psychotropic medications from 2005 to 2010*." Chart. December 1, 2013. Statista. Accessed August 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/318510/psychotropic-medication-use-in-us-adolescents-with-mental-health-professional-visit/
CDC. (2013). Mental health professional visits among U.S. adolescents who are taking psychotropic medications from 2005 to 2010*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/318510/psychotropic-medication-use-in-us-adolescents-with-mental-health-professional-visit/
CDC. "Mental Health Professional Visits among U.S. Adolescents Who Are Taking Psychotropic Medications from 2005 to 2010*." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/318510/psychotropic-medication-use-in-us-adolescents-with-mental-health-professional-visit/
CDC, Mental health professional visits among U.S. adolescents who are taking psychotropic medications from 2005 to 2010* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/318510/psychotropic-medication-use-in-us-adolescents-with-mental-health-professional-visit/ (last visited August 19, 2022)
