PILLOW TALK

At a time when one of the greatest issues facing medicine is that of dependence on and withdrawal from prescribed drugs, in particular benzodiazepines, antidepressants and opioids, just when and how are we to establish and fund the proposed and much needed specialist s...

Beverley Thorpe questions whether Scotland is implementing an evidence-based approach to the prescribing of antidepressants.

At a time when the dominant medical model of mental health means prescription rates of antidepressants in Scotland are soaring, should we...