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Should GPs be promoting antidepressants?

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Doctors should warn patients of the side-effects of antidepressants, which can include withdrawal symptoms and even suicidal thoughts, according to new draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). In a fiery debate, the Medical Minefield talk to Mail on Sunday GP Dr Ellie Cannon, who takes antidepressants herself for long-term anxiety and who believes the drugs help many of her own patients, and Dr John Read, Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of East London, who has researched the efficacy and adverse effects of the drugs, especially withdrawal effects, and believes they are over-rated, often harmful, and over-prescribed.

 

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