ArticleThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2011
Prescribing antidepressants for depression: time to be dimensional and inclusive.
Article in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Improving Access to Psychological Therapies and antidepressant prescribing rates in England: a longitudinal time-series analysis.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2013Article
- An end to depression in primary care?The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2012Article
- Antidepressant prescribing.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2011Article
- Antidepressant prescribing.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2011Article
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Abstract
The article by Middleton and Moncrieff questions the role of antidepressants in treating depression on both philosophical and practical grounds; namely that depression isn't a brain disease to be treated by a drug and that antidepressants are ineffective except as placebos. We argue that their stance is unhelpful and factually incorrect and that a more dimensional and integrative approach is needed in order to be able to best tailor treatment to individual needs. This involves a personalised assessment of the likely benefits and risks of both psychological and drug approaches when recommending treatment for someone with depression.
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