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Wink Britain 'is true Prozac Nation'

Britain is a "Prozac Nation" facing a crisis in mental health care, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says.
He has warned the over-use of pills and poor mental health services were failing the public.

The party has obtained figures showing waits of more than two years for some counselling and psychotherapy services.

Mr Clegg said the Lib Dems would guarantee treatment within 13 weeks. The government guarantees hospital, but not community care, within 18 weeks.

BBC NEWS | Health | Britain 'is true Prozac Nation'

Doctors have been warning for over 20 years that over prescribing anti-biotics will eventually cause problems. Now we have MRSA, C-Diff etc.

You may think Doctors should stop prescribing, but they are facing violence in the surgery if they don't.

The public should be educated to some degree in the way drugs work, then, maybe we would not have such a problem.
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