TY - JOUR PY - 2020// TI - Percentage of adults aged ≥20 years who used antidepressant medications in the past 30 days, by sex and marital status - National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, United States, 2015-2018 JO - MMWR: Morbidity and mortality weekly report A1 - Brody, Debra J. A1 - Gu, Qiuping SP - 1555 EP - 1555 VL - 69 IS - 42 N2 - During 2015-2018, 13.6% of adults aged ≥20 years used prescription antidepressant medications in the past 30 days. Antidepressant use was higher among divorced, separated, or widowed (20.5%) adults than among either married or living with partner (12.3%) or never married (10.8%) adults. There was no difference in use between married and never married adults. These same patterns were observed for both men and women. Within every marital status category, a higher percentage of women compared with men took antidepressants. Source: Brody DJ, Gu Q. Antidepressant use among adults: United States, 2015-2018. NCHS Data Brief, no 377. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2020.

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