Many Americans visit their primary-care physicians and may walk away with a prescription for an antidepressant or other drugs without being aware of other evidence-based treatments.
In some primary care settings, antidepressants are prescribed too casually, after too little evaluation time, and for instances of normal stress or everyday sadness, rather than for MDD.
Possible solutions include giving general practitioners more time to know their patients and explaining why jumping to a prescription is not a good idea.