An estimated 59 million people, or more than one in four U.S. adults, have received some form of mental health treatment in the past two years, a new poll finds. The vast majority of these people — an estimated 48 million — are being treated with prescription medication. Drugs are clearly the dominant form of mental health treatment in America, the survey found.
This Harris Interactive poll was the first of its kind to examine consumer trends and attitudes in mental health treatment. The study was conducted in March 2004 using a nationwide phone survey of 501 adults and a follow-up online survey of 1,731 people known to have needed or received treatment.
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