It's gratuitous picture time! I snapped it today, in London.
Here's the story:
Exam stress has become so serious that government health advisers are to issue guidelines to doctors on coping with severe cases.The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Nice) will set out the best way to treat teenagers suffering from depression triggered by exam pressures. GPs will be guided on whether to prescribe counselling, psychotherapy or anti-depressant drugs.
I find this extremely depressing. So do I need counselling, psychotherapy or anti-depressant drugs?
If it's the NICE then this is a kite-flying exercise for some sort of shabby cost-cutting exercise.
Expect the next press release to say that nobody needs expensive anti-depressants, just take an aspirin and go to bed.
That's a generic aspirin of course, no need to pay for all that research, it just happens by magic.
At least you know that there is a difference between counselling and psychotherapy.
In this instance, I recommend drugs.
