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Overprescribing and undertreating: the antidepressant dilemma

May 12, 202555 min
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Episode description

Kate first started taking antidepressants when she was 12 years old. Thirty years later, she's still on them. She's one of the three and a half million Australians taking antidepressants. One researcher says they're one of the most commonly overprescribed drugs and it's not getting to the root cause of Australia's mental health crisis.

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