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1 in 6 Americans take psychiatric drugs

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About one in six American adults take psychiatric drugs.

A new study from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices looked at the use of three types of psychiatric drugs in 2013.

12-percent of adults reported taking anti-depressants, eight-percent used sedatives and about 1.5-percent took anti-psychotic medications.

The majority of users had been taking these drugs for several months.