Table 5.
Beliefs regarding reasons OTHER students use psychiatric medications
| Reasons for use: | Prescription Stimulants |
Benzodiazepines | Antidepressants | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Agree (%) |
Disagree (%) |
Agree (%) |
Disagree (%) |
Agree (%) |
Disagree (%) |
|
| Because they have the relevant psychiatric symptoms |
66.9 | 10.8 | 71.1 | 4.0 | 86.2 | 0.8 |
| To help study | 76.2 | 7.4 | 24.1 | 29.1 | 25.8 | 28.5 |
| To improve focus/concentration |
79.0 | 6.1 | 27.9 | 25.5 | 30.7 | 28.5 |
| To manage stress | 41.4 | 20.7 | 59.4 | 6.4 | 68.5 | 6.4 |
| To help sleep | 14.0 | 53.2 | 41.2 | 14.2 | 45.7 | 16.8 |
| To feel like themselves |
13.5 | 49.6 | 32.9 | 18.7 | 57.3 | 13.6 |
| To manage emotions | 20.5 | 43.2 | 48.1 | 12.6 | 67.0 | 5.9 |
| To relax/”zone out” | 32.0 | 39.9 | 48.7 | 13.6 | 43.6 | 18.9 |
| To get high/”party” | 37.9 | 39.5 | 37.4 | 21.4 | 29.8 | 31.1 |
| To experiment | 51.5 | 25.7 | 46.5 | 16.7 | 39.1 | 25.0 |
| To counteract or enhance the effects of other drugs |
21.3 | 36.7 | 21.7 | 24.3 | 20.3 | 27.2 |
| “I believe that most people that are prescribed this medication legitimately have what it is used to treat” |
40.7 | 32.8 | 56.6 | 14.2 | 61.9 | 16.8 |
| “I believe that those who take this medication have an academic advantage” |
23.9 | 46.8 | 6.2 | 55.9 | 3.5 | 62.9 |