From Jim Alexander, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, UK
Clare Wilson took a look behind recent headlines declaring that antidepressants really do work (3 March, p 27). Those headlines, based on a study of hundreds of trials of these drugs, seemed to add up to a call for an increase in the use of antidepressants. Up until then I had been hearing a lot about their overuse and that doctors were seeking to cut back.
This is especially bad when we consider the current emphasis on mental well-being. It worries me that there may be a push to suppress symptoms with more drugs rather than to seek cures for the problems people experience.
