Politicians & experts meet re:link between increased medic'n use & disability

"Politicians and experts meet at UK parliament to explore link between record antidepressant prescribing and disability"

http://cepuk.org/2016/05/11/politicians-experts-meet-explore-link-record-antidepressant-prescribing-disability/

From the article:

Moncrieff concludes: “The increasing use of all types of drugs for mental disorders, and especially antidepressants, in England since the 1990s does not appear to have improved the rising trends in disability claims for these conditions.  We need to have a serious rethink about current levels of prescribing as it may well be that, for various reasons, the drugs are in fact contributing to the disability burden, resulting in significant social and economic costs.”

Interesting, Lap, I wish it were televised, would love to listen to the debate.

Professor Allan Young's conflicts of interest include:

-)  "Paid lectures and advisory boards for all major pharmaceutical companies with drugs used in affective and related disorders". 

-)  "Investigator initiated studies from AZ, Eli Lilly, Lundbeck, Wyeth".

https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/allan-young%286bf03185-e533-4ac2-88ba-76349ba04ddf%29/biography.html