>Nearly three-quarters of patients who were treated for depression were treated exclusively by general medical professionals, and those patients were less likel

>Nearly three-quarters of patients who were treated for depression were treated exclusively by general medical professionals, and those patients were less likely than patients treated by psychiatrists or other mental health professionals to have screened positive for depression or serious psychological distress. I tend to see this kind of anecdote (data inference?) as a strong rebuttal to those who claim "Oh in the US it's not just like here, have a pill and you'll feel better!" when the people handing out the pills aren't specialists in the field where they're dealing out psychoactive substances. Would clamping down on the ability for 'general practitioners' to write scripts for stuff like this maybe help move the needle back into more rigorous treatment plans? Would it just cut off access to the drugs that otherwise help? Lots of implications to untangle, and I'm sure the pill industry wouldn't be really game to start making things more difficult...