March 27, 2005

27% of US treated for mental problems/2 years

Filed under: psych, madness, brain - alexei @ 2:40 pm

A national survey of the general adult population and of adults who have needed or received some form of mental health treatment find that more than a quarter (27%) of all adults have received some form of mental health treatment over a two-year period.

Among those patients who have received treatment in the past two years:
1/3 (34%) received both therapy and drugs.
1/2 (47%) of patients used prescription drugs but did not receive therapy.
1/5 (19%) of patients received therapy but did not use prescription drugs.

A modest majority of those who received treatment were extremely (15%) or very (39%) satisfied with their care, with a much larger share (85%) at least somewhat satisfied. There was little difference in levels of satisfaction among patients who received drugs and therapy, therapy only, or drugs only.

Quarter of US Adults Have Received Mental Health Treatment Over Two-Year Period, MedicalNewsToday.com

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