Dutch College of GPs Recommends Against Antidepressants

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The Dutch College of General Practitioners has issued guidelines recommending non-pharmacological treatment of depressive symptoms as a “first step.” The chairman of the Dutch Association for Independent Psychologists and Psychotherapists notes that patients have been prescribed antidepressants “too often, too quickly, and for too long without them really doing much good,” and hopes for a substantial drop in consumption.

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Kermit Cole
Kermit Cole is a licensed marriage and family therapist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He and his partner, Luisa Putnam, joined by their mutual interest in working with trauma and psychosis, studied Open Dialogue in Finland and Peer-supported Open Dialogue in the UK in order to practice and teach as a team. In 2011, they joined with Robert Whitaker to found the Mad in America website

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