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Table 3 Individuals being prescribed antidepressants or benzodiazepines during the last 12 months by diagnostic category and help-seeking category

From: Prevalence of and factors related to the use of antidepressants and benzodiazepines: results from the Singapore Mental Health Study

  

No help-seeking

Help-seeking

Mental disorder

Prevalence

AD

BZD

AD

BZD

  

%

%

%

%

Alcohol use disorder

Never

0.42

0.33

12.71

13.22

 

Lifetime

0.16

1.49

18.47

33.18

 

12-month

0.00

0.61

9.43

45.30

Anxiety disorder

Never

0.37

0.32

12.80

13.95

 

Lifetime

2.12

2.08

24.98

26.17

 

12-month

0.45

0.83

2.84

14.62

Bipolar disorder

Never

0.41

0.36

14.03

15.16

 

Lifetime

0.00

0.00

0.00

12.00

 

12-month

0.00

1.03

4.93

12.13

Dysthymia

Never

0.37

0.36

13.18

14.96

 

12-month

-(*)

2.95

3.71

11.93

Major depressive disorder

Never

0.33

0.29

11.34

13.36

 

Lifetime

1.50

2.56

10.57

11.15

 

12-month

2.65

0.55

26.34

29.55

No Disorder

0.30

0.26

12.69

11.98

  1. Antidepressants — %/12 months (SE ranging from 0.13 to 12.3).
  2. Benzodiazepines — %/12 months (SE ranging from 0.12 to 25.0).
  3. Lifetime prevalence does not include 12-month prevalence.
  4. *not reported due to the small number of people with dysthymia not seeking help.
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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