GPs must stop putting people into diagnostic boxes and pause before prescribing antidepressants

UCC hosts a major mental health conference tomorrow and Thursday and in advance of the conference Bryan McElroy, an Irish GP working in the NHS, says Ireland needs to examine its approach to antidepressants.

GPs must stop putting people into diagnostic boxes and pause before prescribing antidepressants

UCC hosts a major mental health conference tomorrow and Thursday and in advance of the conference Bryan McElroy, an Irish GP working in the NHS, says Ireland needs to examine its approach to antidepressants.

Prescriptions for antidepressant drugs have increased substantially worldwide in recent years. A study examining prescribing trends for mental disorders in England from 1998 to 2010 found that antidepressant prescriptions increased by 10% per year on average.

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