Therapy waiting list concerns with antidepressant increase

Doctors in Wales are prescribing an increasing number of antidepressants as patients face waiting up to 10 months for some forms of therapy.

Over 3.8m antidepressant prescriptions were dispensed in Wales in 2011, the highest rate per head of any UK nation.

Mental health charities said more people should be offered counselling, but a doctor's spokesman said lengthy waiting times gave them little choice.