One in Five Adults in England Taking Antidepressants Despite Lack of Evidence

What was said

"It's something like 8.7 million people in England who take them. In England. So 1 out of 5 people of the adult population is on antidepressants? Almost 1 out of 5 are taking antidepressants, which is absolutely staggering, isn't it?"

Moncrieff disclosed that approximately 8.7 million people in England alone—nearly one in five adults—are currently taking antidepressants, a staggering figure given her assertion that there is no solid evidence these drugs correct any underlying biological problem. She expressed alarm at the scale of prescribing for medications that may be doing more harm than good by disrupting normal brain chemistry.