Table 7.
Reponses to the statements “it is acceptable to use prescription drugs to treat Depression/ADHD”: 2013 and 2011 results
| |
Depression (%) |
ADHD (%) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2011 a | 2013 | 2011 a | |
|
Agree |
60.9 |
61.4 |
42.1 |
39.2 |
|
Disagree |
17.5 |
16.7 |
38.2 |
39.3 |
| Don’t Know | 21.6 | 21.9 | 19.6 | 21.5 |
a2011 data included a “Neutral” option accounting for 9.6% of the sample for depression, and 9.2% for ADHD. The percentages reported here have been re-calculated by excluding “Neutral” respondents from the denominator for direct comparison with 2013 data.