Drug Topics February 26, 2024
The increasing use of antidepressants observed before and after the public health crisis suggests a concerning mental health trend, especially among females.
In a change that was largely driven by females, antidepressant dispensing increased dramatically among adolescents and young adults following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Study findings were published in Pediatrics.1
Although the rate of antidepressant dispensing was already on the rise before the COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020, it accelerated by 63.5% afterward—supporting claims that mental health among adolescents and young adults worsened during this time.
Several studies have evaluated changes in antidepressant dispensing after March 2020, but none have targeted adolescents and young adults or extended past 2020. To address this, investigators used data from...
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