Monday, August 27, 2007
Are Too Many People Being Diagnosed with Depression?
You can't open a medical journal or medical news without reading another article about how to screen patients for depression and prescribe antidepressants. The British Medical Journal has explored this in a "Head to Head" article where over diagnosis and under diagnosis of depression were debated.On the Yes side is Dr. Gordon Parker who argues that feeling depressed is normal and that 95% of