The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 277 No 7430 p683
9 December 2006

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New mental health plan

Reducing antidepressant prescribing is one of the key targets in Scotland's new mental health plan “Delivering for mental health” published this week. The plan says the NHS should reduce the year-on-year increase in prescribing of antidepressants to zero by 2010. It also says mental health services should focus on better prevention, more local care and improved support to aid recovery.