TY - JOUR T1 - Ever been HAD? JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 885 LP - 886 VL - 56 IS - 532 AU - Dougal Jeffries Y1 - 2006/11/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/56/532/885.2.abstract N2 - Tony Kendrick1 has produced some evidence that shows that the use of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale can lead to more selective prescribing of antidepressants. This does not surprise me at all, and if he reads my column2 again, he will find that nowhere do I suggest that the use of scales ‘will encourage antidepressant prescribing’. My concerns are more profound than the simple issue of the level of prescribing, … ER -