Prescriptions for Antidepressants Increasing among Individuals with 
no Psychiatric Diagnosis

 From the PharmaLive.com News Archive - Aug. 04, 2011

Americans are no strangers to antidepressants. During the last 20 
years the use of antidepressants has grown significantly making them 
one of the most costly and the third most commonly prescribed class 
of medications in the U. S. According to the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, from 2005-2008 nearly 8.9 percent of the U.S. 
population had at least one prescription in this drug class during 
any given month.

(I thought physicians had to give a diagnosis, at least to get 
insurance to reimburse.  So I'm wondering about this data.  Sylvia)



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