The appropriateness of antidepressant prescribing in primary care continues to elicit debate and regular research contributions.1,2 I carried out a single practice survey of depression management at a practice in south east London. The surgery’s electronic records were searched for patients who had been treated for a diagnosis of depression, with or without anxiety between the dates of 1 January 2000 to 21 February 2007. These subject-records were then …