Once the medication is approved, the judge asks for a report in 45 days regarding how a child is responding to the drugs. After six months, a new psychotropic authorization request must be made.

But between 2018 and 2021, he and his team found that among adults receiving outpatient mental health care, those using only medication declined from 67.6% to 62.1%.

A study from the American Journal of Psychiatry suggests that psychotherapy is becoming more accessible to people. The study looks at trends in mental health treatment from 2018 to 2021.

The findings mark a significant change from patterns of previous years, explains Olfson, who is the study's lead author. Since the late 1990s, use of talk therapy first declined, then plateaued.

But between 2018 and 2021, he and his team found that among adults receiving outpatient mental health care, those using only medication declined from 67.6% to 62.1%.

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