Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Ministers act to wean Scotland off �55m-a-year antidepressant habit 



DOCTORS issued more than 3.5 million prescriptions for antidepressants in Scotland last year, three times what they were handing out 13 years ago, official figures have revealed.
Source: thescotsman.scotsman.com

Mental patient's death a mystery 
A pathologist says a post mortem on the body of a patient who died at a mental health unit in Redruth was inconclusive.
Source: news.bbc.co.uk

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