Ever been HAD?

[摘要] Tony Kendrick1 has produced some evidence that shows that the use of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale can lead to more selective prescribing of antidepressants. This does not surprise me at all, and if he reads my column2 again, he will find that nowhere do I suggest that the use of scales ‘will encourage antidepressant prescribing’. My concerns are more profound than the simple issue of the level of prescribing, and I think they are worth re-iterating, especially since Tony was involved in developing the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) mental health indicators and has not responded to the deeper thrust of my opinion piece.

[学科分类] 卫生学