Hey, cheer up: we're unhappy, not depressed

DEPRESSION. You've got to laugh. According to a top report, Prozac is being dished out willy-nilly to both Britons and Scottish people. More than 31 million prescriptions for all antidepressants were pushed into the hands of the unhappy last year. And, believe me, these people are unhappy. Don't believe the medical guff about depression and unhappiness not being the same thing.

I'd a friend who'd made two suicide attempts; went to a new GP who didn't have his notes and told him he wasn't depressed, just unhappy. Then he was lectured with the usual mythical nonsense about "clinical" depression, which is apparently only for t...