Drugs for depression are not for all patients

For those with mild to moderate depression, the disadvantages of anti-depressant drugs might outweigh the advantages of such medications. — TNS

Doctors should prescribe fewer antidepressants and for shorter periods of time.

This is due to the ongoing uncertainties about their effectiveness, and the potential severity and durability of the withdrawal symptoms associated with them, suggests a review of the evidence on antidepressant use, published online in the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin.