General Article ‘CBT and therapy helped us more than anti-depressants,’ say mental health patients as NICE guideline

Topic Selected: Mental Health Book Volume: 415

New draft guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommend people with depression should first be offered exercise before medication.

By Alannah Francis

People with lived experience of mental health conditions have welcomed new draft guidelines that recommend patients with ‘less severe depression’ should be offered exercise classes and counselling first before they are prescribed anti-depressants.

The advice from the National Institute for Health and Care...

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