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GPs 'under pressure' to overdiagnose mental health issues like depression

By Phoebe Hennell

GPs 'under pressure' to overdiagnose mental health issues like depression

GPs have said they feel "under pressure" to overdiagnose mental health issues like depression, ADHD and autism.

Life can be tough. Heartbreak and grief are painful yet normal experiences, and we need to learn to cope without misinterpreting ordinary distress as something pathological. This was a common sentiment expressed in England in a survey sent by BBC News to more than 5,000 GPs. One remarked: "Life being stressful is not an illness."

We live in a society where one in five adults reports having a common mental health condition, like anxiety or depression, according to NHS data. Rates are higher in young people - for 16-24 year olds, it's one in four.

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