A LEADING psychology counsellor from Edinburgh has criticised new guidelines for treating patients with depression.

Jo Hilton, who works with the Person Centred Therapy Scotland organisation, said the exclusion of counselling as a treatment for the illness was wrong.

The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) recently announced that there wasn’t sufficient evidence for counselling as a successful treatment of depression, which affects thousands across the Capital.

…

To read more, see the full article. (The Scotsman. 23 Feb 2010)