Politicians, experts, and patient representatives call for the UK government to reverse the rate of antidepressant prescribing

James Davies; John Read; Danny Kruger; Nigel Crisp; Norman Lamb; Michael Dixon; Sam Everington; Sheila Hollins; Joanna Moncrieff; Bogdan Chiva Giurca; Chris Van Tulleken; Guy Chouinard; Michael Dooley; Anne Guy; Mark Horowitz; Peter Kinderman; Lucy Johnstone; Luke Montagu; Antonio E. Nardi; Sarah Stacey; Martin Bell; Andrew Tresidder; Jo Watson; Stevie Lewis; Marcantonio Spada; Rupert Payne; Naveed Akhtar; Christian Buckland; Jon Levett; Sue Whitcombe; Laura Marshall-Andrews

doi:10.1136/bmj.p2730

Politicians, experts, and patient representatives call for the UK government to reverse the rate of antidepressant prescribing

James Davies, John Read, Danny Kruger, Nigel Crisp, Norman Lamb, Michael Dixon, Sam Everington, Sheila Hollins, Joanna Moncrieff, Bogdan Chiva Giurca, Chris Van Tulleken, Guy Chouinard, Michael Dooley, Anne Guy, Mark Horowitz, Peter Kinderman, Lucy Johnstone, Luke Montagu, Antonio E. Nardi, Sarah StaceyMartin Bell, Andrew Tresidder, Jo Watson, Stevie Lewis, Marcantonio Spada, Rupert Payne, Naveed Akhtar, Christian Buckland, Jon Levett, Sue Whitcombe, Laura Marshall-Andrews

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Abstract

We, a group of medical professionals, researchers, patient representatives, and politicians, call for the UK government to commit to a reversal in the rate of prescribing of antidepressants.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2730
Number of pages	1
Journal	BMJ
Volume	383
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p2730
Publication status	Published - 5 Dec 2023

Keywords

Depressive Disorder - drug therapy
Government
United Kingdom
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
Patient Advocacy
Antidepressive Agents - therapeutic use
Humans

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Davies, J., Read, J., Kruger, D., Crisp, N., Lamb, N., Dixon, M., Everington, S., Hollins, S., Moncrieff, J., Giurca, B. C., Van Tulleken, C., Chouinard, G., Dooley, M., Guy, A., Horowitz, M., Kinderman, P., Johnstone, L., Montagu, L., Nardi, A. E., ... Marshall-Andrews, L. (2023). Politicians, experts, and patient representatives call for the UK government to reverse the rate of antidepressant prescribing. BMJ, 383, 2730. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p2730

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