Posted by Quintal on January 26, 2007, at 15:59:48
In reply to Re: Wyeth gets approvable letter from FDA for Pris, posted by notfred on January 26, 2007, at 12:39:45
>It is my understanding from this list that getting good psyco med treatment is difficult in the UK.
>Scepticism is good, but if you across the board will not use benzos and limit yourself to SSRI's, this is something else than scepticism.I'm not sure where you're coming from notfred. Psych care in the UK, like everywhere else, depends greatly on the compassion and wisdom of the individual pdoc treating you. They can be excellent, but if not the downside of the NHS is that we have little choice but to stick with the incompetent or lazy pdoc or pay for private treatment. I've never heard of anyone paying for private psychiatric treatment in the UK.
British GPs use benzos a lot. There are many legal benzo addicts in the UK but they are mostly middle aged or elderly women on maintenance prescriptions for benzos they've been taking since the 60's and 70's. Doctors here are reluctant to use benzos indiscriminately in young people, and with good reason. That said, I was prescribed benzos (including clonazepam which has no licence for anxiety in the UK) for four years on the NHS starting when I was 19.
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