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Number of Americans using antidepressants doubles
Written on 5 Aug, 2009 at 13:25 in Health | viewed 932 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Antidepressant use has shot up dramatically over the last decade or so, including among children, while visits to psychiatrists have continued to fall, according to a new study. As of 2005, the most recent year for which data was available, about 27 million people, or 10 percent of Americans, were taking antidepressants. That’s twice the number who were taking such drugs in 1996, according to the study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, which looked at about 50,000 children and adults. Full Story : FierceHealth…..
More Americans taking drugs for mental illness
Written on 6 May, 2009 at 0:49 in Featured, Health | viewed 255 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Many more Americans have been using prescription drugs to treat mental illness since 1996, in part because of expanded insurance coverage and greater familiarity with the drugs among primary care doctors, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. They said 73 percent more adults and 50 percent more children are using drugs to treat mental illness than in 1996. Full Story : YahooNews.com……
American Adults Flunk Basic Science
Written on 14 Mar, 2009 at 13:10 in Featured, Science | viewed 262 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
According to the national survey commissioned by the California Academy of Sciences, scientific literacy is currently low among American adults. One of the interesting findings of the study is that only 59% of american adults know that the earliest humans and dinosaurs did not live at the same time. Despite this lack of knowledge, U.S. adults do believe that scientific research and education are important. Full Story : ScienceDaily.com…..
Only one-third of Americans can name three branches of government
Written on 8 Mar, 2009 at 19:21 in Really? | viewed 276 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
One-third, that is roughly 103 million of 305 million Americans that can simply name the three branches of government. US government has judicial, legislative and executive branches. Full Story : Gcsunade.com….
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