Hiv Meds And Mental Health Meds
According to new research, 73 percent more adults and 50 percent more children in the United States are using drugs to treat mental illness than in 1996. Investigators at Columbia University say this increase is in part due to expanded insurance coverage and greater familiarity with the drugs among primary care doctors, a sign that mental health has entered into mainstream medical care. Among the study's other findings were that the use of mental health medications by people ages 65 and older...
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