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Male physicians are more likely to prescribe antidepressant medication

“Research by the Mental Health Foundation (UK) today revealed that male GPs are far more likely to prescribe antidepressants as a first treatment response to patients with mild or moderate depression than female GPs (61 per cent, compared to 37 per cent), and are twice as likely to think them effective (43 per cent, compared to 17 per cent).”