A week of action on women's poor mental health

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Categories: health, mental health campaign
Monday, 12 December 2011
A week of action on women's poor mental health

Help us to help the millions of women who are being let down

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Antidepressants are important in treating poor mental health but they are not the whole solution. Often they are prescribed as the only option for mild to moderate mental health problems with no alternative treatments offered nor enough treatment reviews.

We surveyed hundreds of women and found that 33% of all women have taken antidepressants and more than half were not offered any alternative to drugs at the time of prescription. 24% currently taking antidepressants have been on them for 10 years or more and 24% have not had a review of their treatment for a year or more at some point.

Women are being let down. This is a women's health crisis.

This week, in the run up to Christmas - a stressful time for everyone, but especially for women - we have a week of action to draw people's attention to this hidden problem and encourage them to sign our petition which calls on the Government to review the use of antidepressants in England. Will you sign our petition?

All over the country this week Platform 51 staff and women from our centres will be out and about campaigning. Please support us by signing our petition and together we can make a difference.