I was on the Jeremy Vine Show !

If anyone is interested in hearing the interview I did with Jeremy Vine on radio 2 about the value of antidepressants in my life then click on link and fast forward by one hour and five minutes. Then there is some music then the professor who wrote research paper, then me.Programme started at 12pm. Professor start talking about 1/10pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio2_aod.shtml?radio2/r2_vine_tue

I spoke at length about the combination of psychological therapy which for me was crucial. I was fortunate in having an excellent psychiatrist Prof Anthony Bateman who is a psychotherapist as well as aconsultant psychiatrist to help me. Prior to being under his care I was under a generic team who were not overly helpful.

However the Layard initiative in IAPT has helped a lot I think for the mild to moderate group. GPs have generally nothing else to offer patients who come with mild to moderate depressive or anxiety symptoms other than pills. The long waits in secondarycare psychological therapy services also are problematic.
CBT is evidence based as is psychotherapy.
Many people though go private and need to be careful that their therapist works from an evidence base and is supervised by someone who knows the evidence based treatments and NICE guidelines well.
See http://www.nice.org.uk/ for NICE guidelines forDepression and other mental and physical health conditions.