People prescribed medication for their mental health are not being given enough information about side-effects by their GP, with one in three people saying they would have liked sideeffects explained.
The finding came from the charity Mind’s annual Big Mental Health survey, which asks people with mental health problems about their experiences of primary care and voluntary services.
The 2018 survey results of more than 12,000 respondents found that, when prescribed new medication for their mental health, only one in five people (21%) said they were definitely given an explanation about the side-effects that the medication might have.