[WATCH]: Study: Antidepressant Use Skyrockets 400%

BY KIM ST. ONGE You're watching multisource video news analysis from Newsy. Feeling blue? You're not alone. A new study by the CDC shows antidepressant use has soared in the past two decades. HLN has the numbers. "One in 10 Americans is taking antidepressants. Now the CDC says that antidepressant use has skyrocketed almost 400% since the late 1980s." But is the jump because people are more comfortable talking about depression or is the disorder over-diagnosed? The study, which tested 12000 Americans over the age of 12, found only a third people with symptoms of severe depression take antidepressants. The study also found women are two and a half times more likely to take the pills than men. ABC spoke with a doctor who says it's not

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