BMJ debate: Are antidepressants overprescribed?

Source: BMJ
Area: News
These 'head to head' articles in the British Medical Journal discuss whether antidepressants are overprescribed. The author of the 'yes' argument is a GP, who believes that the rising prescription rates for antidepressants reflect overmedicalisation. The author of the 'no' article, a professor of psychiatry, argues that prescribing is cautious and appropriate.

Source: NeLM - Mental Health - January 29, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news