Psychotropic Drugs, Mental Illness, and Violent Crimes

Drugs, drugs, drugs people. Before you know it, you will all be on them, that's if you're not already...

Anti-depressants are a much-too-commonly taken drug, prescribed by doctors to many people in our population for a variety of issues not exclusive to the diagnosis “depression”. Their prevalence is not only common, but the numbers of people taking them are on the rise. I hear about children and adults I know, or someone else I know who knows them who are prescribed medications for anti-depressants on a regular basis.
According to the The National Center for Health Statistics, 5% of American 12- to 19-year-old adolescents have been prescribed some type of antidepressant.  In the same age group, an additional 6% of the same age group use meds for ADD and ADHD. That’s about 4 million teens.  About 6% of adults aged 18 to 39 are taking some type of antidepressant.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 62% of Americans from ages 12 and up who are taking antidepressants have done so for 2 or more years; and 14% of those have taken them for 10 years or more.  And these are just the numbers that are reported.


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