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August 5, 2011

Psychiatrists Concerned By Increased Use of Antidepressants

More people without any documented psychiatric condition are taking antidepressants, according to a new study, and some of them are likely receiving little benefit.

Nearly three-quarters of antidepressants in the U.S. were prescribed by non-psychiatrists in 2007, up from 60 percent a decade earlier, according to the analysis of a national sample of 233,144 doctor office visits, the latest data available.

Psychiatrists Concerned By Increased Use of Antidepressants - FoxNews.com

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