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Mon 12 Dec 2002Doctor says anti-depressants are over-prescribedA doctor and psychotherapist has called for an investigation into the treatment of mental illness in and what he sees as the "gross over-prescribing" of anti-depressants.Author of Beyond Prozac - Healing Mental Suffering Without Drugs, Dr Terry Lynch, who is based in Limerick, criticised the widespread prescribing of anti-depressants for people who showed only moderate signs of emotional distress.