Surge in depression sees antidepressant scripts soar.

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      Reports on the finding by the Prescription Pricing Authority in Great Britain that the number of antidepressant prescriptions written each year has doubled since the mid-1990s. Rise in number of depressive patients treated by general practitioners (GP); Observation that GP are increasingly prescribing drugs due to the lack of psychological and social services.