Dealt with anxiety or depression by taking prescribed medication
Respondents who reported that they 'felt so anxious or depressed that they could not continue their regular daily activities as they normally would for two weeks orlonger' were asked whether they ever took prescribed medication to make themselves feel better.
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- Age when first had anxiety or depression
- Anorexia or bulimia nervosa estimated cases
- Anxiety disorders prevalence
- Anxiety disorders prevalence vs. GDP per capita
- Anxiety disorders prevalence, by age
- Anxiety disorders prevalence, males vs. females
- Bipolar disorder prevalence
- Bipolar disorder prevalence, by age
- Bipolar disorder prevalence, males vs. females
- Burden of disease from each category of mental illness
- Dealt with anxiety or depression by engaging in religious/spiritual activities
- Dealt with anxiety or depression by talking to friends or family
- Depressive disorders prevalence
- Depressive disorders prevalence vs. GDP per capita
- Depressive disorders prevalence, IHME vs. WHO
- Depressive disorders prevalence, by age
- Depressive disorders prevalence, males vs. females
- Depressive symptoms across the US population
- Eating disorders prevalence
- Eating disorders prevalence, by age
- Eating disorders prevalence, males vs. females
- Estimated prevalence vs. burden of mental illnesses
- Experienced calmness a lot of the day yesterday, by age
- Experienced calmness a lot of the day yesterday, by gender
- How do people deal with anxiety or depression around the world?Faceted by options
- How do people deal with anxiety or depression?
- Mental health and substance use disorders death rate by age groupWHO
- Mental health units in general hospitals
- Mental illness: estimated casesby country
- Mental illnesses prevalence
- Number of countries with underlying data on the prevalence of mental illnesses
- Perceived comfort speaking about anxiety or depression
- Perceived discomfort speaking about anxiety or depression
- Perceived discomfort speaking about anxiety or depression, by gender
- Perceived importance of government funding for research on anxiety or depression
- Perceived importance of national funding for anxiety/depression research vs. GDP per capita
- Perceived importance of science in treating anxiety or depression
- Perceived importance of science in treating anxiety or depression vs. GDP per capita
- Psychiatrists working in the mental health sector
- Schizophrenia prevalence
- Schizophrenia prevalence, by age
- Schizophrenia prevalence, males vs. females
- Share who know friends or family who have been anxious or depressed
- Share who know friends or family who have been anxious or depressed, by gender
- Share who report lifetime anxiety or depression
- Share who say it's extremely important for the national government to fund research on anxiety/depression
- Share who say local people would feel very comfortable speaking about anxiety or depression vs. share who know friends or family with anxiety depression
- Share who say local people would feel very comfortable speaking about anxiety or depression vs. share who spoke to friends or family when they had anxiety or depression
- Stand-alone policy or plan for mental health
- Treatment gap for clinical anxiety