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In general, when a prescription is issued it should not be issued unless a detailed clinical assessment is completed and before having explored the psychological mechanisms underlying symptoms (this especially important in the case of mental ill health).

Healthcare providers and patients should consider that mental health disorders can effectively be managed by the use of pharmacological and non‐pharmacological interventions. When a decision has been made to prescribe, for example, a psychotropic drug, it should never be suggested that psychological and/or psychosocial interventions will not be indicated. Combining medicines with psychosocial interventions can be associated with better patient outcomes. Considering medications as the only therapeutic strategy is very often unacceptable (World Health Organization, 2009). Articulated, comprehensive and individualised treatment plans can very often be seen as the best therapeutic option.