The first time I was prescribed an antidepressant, my GP turned to his cupboard and said “I’ve got some samples here. I haven’t tried this one for a while. Let’s give it a go.” Chalk that one up for the drug rep.
His diagnosis was wrong as well.
It’s a contentious issue. Should physicians without psychiatric training be dispensing psychotropic drugs?
An article by Frontier Psychiatrist discusses this problem, plus the ubiquity of antidepressants today, our collective loss of resilience and the increased role of medicine as the panacea. Interesting and challenging.
Read more of the Frontier Psychiatrist article.
