Prozac Nation: Record one in SIX people in England are now on antidepressants, new data shows, with a quarter of the population in some parts of the country taking the drugs READ MORE: Our analysis reveals areas with the highest ADHD prescriptions By John Ely Deputy Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 06:51 EDT, 11 July 2024 | Updated: 07:13 EDT, 11 July 2024 e-mail 50 View comments One in six people in England are now on antidepressants official NHS data suggests. Health service figures show a record 8.7million people in England, about 15 per cent of the total population, are now on the mood-boosting drugs.
Patient numbers, for 2023/24 are a 2.1 per cent rise on last year, and a whopping 26 per cent rise on the 6.8 million who were on the drugs eight years prior.
However, the data also shows that the proportion of the population on antidepressants is as high as one in four in some parts of the country. Women aged 55 to 59 were the biggest demographic on the drugs, accounting about one in 20 of the total. Health service figures show a record 8.
7million people in England, about 15 per cent of the total population, are now on the mood-boosting drugs This NHS data shows the number of Brits taking each type of antidepressant medication over the past eight years. The line with the green triangles indicates the the total number of patients This was followed by women aged 50 to 54 and female patients aged 60 to 64. The vast majority of patients, 5.
4 million, were on a controvers.
