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@ Ryan
2025-04-19 01:02:08
Strange, that's not what the research says.
Women antidepressant use double that of men, much higher in older women, much higher in white women compared to black & hispanic.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2592697
Antidepressant use much higher in women compared to men, increases with age.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5286730/
"Antidepressant use increased with age, overall and in both sexes—use was highest among women aged 60 and over (24.3%)."
"Antidepressant use was higher among non-Hispanic white (16.6%) adults compared with non-Hispanic black (7.8%), Hispanic (6.5%), and non-Hispanic Asian (2.8%) adults."
"Antidepressant medication use was higher for adults with at least some college education (14.3%) compared with those with a high school education (11.5%) or less (11.4%)."
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db377.htm