9
The number of health-care associations, including APA, that endorsed a consensus statement on ways to recognize and refer college student athletes with psychological concerns ( Journal of Athletic Training opens in new window, September/October).
10%
Percentage of high school seniors who "extreme binge drink," or consume 10 or more drinks in a row, according to a study in JAMA Pediatrics opens in new window. Of the more than 16,000 seniors surveyed, 5.6 percent reported consuming 15 or more drinks in a row in the prior two weeks.
48%
Percentage of Americans who blame the mental health system "a great deal" for mass shootings in the United States, making it the perceived top cause of mass shootings, according to a Gallup pollopens in new window conducted after the Washington, D.C., Navy Yard shooting in September.
29%
Percentage of children ages 2 to 5 with psychiatric disorders, such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, who were prescribed medication between 2006 and 2009, according to a study in Pediatrics opens in new window. That's down from 43 percent in 1994–97.
