I'm probably going to regret this
Why are people who present to their UK-based, NICE Guidelines-guided GP with symptoms of depression surprised when they are prescribed drugs that have been shown to lift (in evidence-based trials, not in snowflakes) mood? Alongside their talking therapy, which they are almost always simultaneously prescribed?
IT'S THE ONLY THING WE'VE GOT. It's pretty much the only thing we can afford. It's a lot like providing wellington boots to someone who has to cross a river: it will not guarantee dry feet, but it might help with some of it, and it will probably make the enterprise seem less hopeless than going in barefoot, unaided. If you want to pay for other methods of crossing, don't let me stop you. These boots are free. They might not fit perfectly, but they might by a start.
NICE guidelines for depression.
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IT'S THE ONLY THING WE'VE GOT. It's pretty much the only thing we can afford. It's a lot like providing wellington boots to someone who has to cross a river: it will not guarantee dry feet, but it might help with some of it, and it will probably make the enterprise seem less hopeless than going in barefoot, unaided. If you want to pay for other methods of crossing, don't let me stop you. These boots are free. They might not fit perfectly, but they might by a start.
NICE guidelines for depression.
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