You have a point here. My suggestions have been that the GP's and P.docs have to document why they chose one alternative instead of another. GP's are too fast in using prescription before they have tried anything else. With that said, however, the first advise I was given when my diabetes was diagnosed was to start more physical activity and do a diet change. That was too late at that moment. But it was a good try.

With regard to depression, GP-s are GP-s and not specialists in Psychology or Psychiatry. May be they should send their patients to a physical and psychological (psychiatric) evaluation before they lift their pen to prescribe antidepressants?