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Ministers act to wean Scotland off £55m-a-year antidepressant habit (LYNDSAY MOSS, 12/06/06, scotsman.com)

DOCTORS issued more than 3.5 million prescriptions for antidepressants in Scotland last year, three times what they were handing out 13 years ago, official figures have revealed.

A huge increase in the number of people seeking help for depression, combined with a shortage of alternative therapies, is blamed for the massive increase in the issuing of drugs such as Prozac.
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Scotland spends 40 per cent more per head of population on antidepressants compared to the rest of the UK, costing the NHS £55 million a year.

Europe ought to add them to the water, like fluoride.

Posted by Orrin Judd at December 6, 2006 7:15 AM