This statistic shows the percentage of U.S. college students that took prescription medication during their mental health treatments as of the 2016-2017 academic school year. According to the data, 61.2 percent of students that were engaged in mental health treatments did not take prescribed medication.
Prescription medication use among college students utilizing mental health treatment during the 2016-2017 academic year
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Penn State (Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH). (January 16, 2018). Prescription medication use among college students utilizing mental health treatment during the 2016-2017 academic year [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 13, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/827410/prescription-medication-use-among-mentally-ill-us-college-students/
Penn State (Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH). "Prescription medication use among college students utilizing mental health treatment during the 2016-2017 academic year." Chart. January 16, 2018. Statista. Accessed August 13, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/827410/prescription-medication-use-among-mentally-ill-us-college-students/
Penn State (Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH). (2018). Prescription medication use among college students utilizing mental health treatment during the 2016-2017 academic year. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 13, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/827410/prescription-medication-use-among-mentally-ill-us-college-students/
Penn State (Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH). "Prescription Medication Use among College Students Utilizing Mental Health Treatment during The 2016-2017 Academic Year." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Jan 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/827410/prescription-medication-use-among-mentally-ill-us-college-students/
Penn State (Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH), Prescription medication use among college students utilizing mental health treatment during the 2016-2017 academic year Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/827410/prescription-medication-use-among-mentally-ill-us-college-students/ (last visited August 13, 2022)