The Mental Health Foundation (MHF) says that there is still not enough access to alternatives to antidepressants after it has emerged that three quarters of GP's who prescribed them would have prefered to be able to offer alternatives. MHF says that an eight week course of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (a combination of yoga, meditation and cognitive therapy) (MBCT) halves the risk of becoming depressed again. However the Department of Health has said that access to alternatives to drug therapy has improved in the past year.Read the full article
