It is clear we need to see urgent improvements to help people access psychotherapy, support for positive lifestyle changes and the delivery of social prescribing as alternatives to simply giving out antidepressants.
Advocating for alternatives to antidepressants in mental health treatment.
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It's very worrying to see tens of thousands more Scots requiring medication for depression and anxiety.
These figures show Scotland's NHS is facing a retirement timebomb, and it's one which risks patient care and placing an unbearable strain on the workers who remain.
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Ministers must come clean on why they have taken this short-sighted decision.
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