Top 25 Psychiatric Medications for 2016

Most people understand that the role of psychiatric medications is to help alleviate the symptoms associated with different types of mental disorders, such as depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, schizophrenia, anxiety, and more. Psychiatric medications are an important part of a comprehensive treatment plan for effectively treating people who have a mental health concern or mental illness. It’s good to know what drugs are being most-often prescribed for mental disorders in the U.S. These are the top 25 psychiatric medications by number of U.S. prescriptions dispensed in 2016, according to QuintilesIMS, a global information and technology services company. In 2016, for the first time ever, Zoloft (sertaline) topped Xanax as the most prescribed psychiatric medication in the United States. Zoloft is commonly prescribed for depressive symptoms, while Xanax is most often prescribed for anxiety. Lexapro has become the second-most prescribed selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) antidepressants, used to treat clinical depression. By far, the most common mental disorder that psychiatric medications are prescribed for is clinical depression. Although it is not the most prevalent mental disorder, it appears to the one that most psychiatric prescriptions are written for. More than 338 million prescriptions were written for anti-depressant medications in 2016 — enough for one each to every man, woman, and child in the United States. And that’s just from the...
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