Generally agree with your comment but .... You're an adult. Decide what you need and take agency. The doc isn't forcing you to gobble pills and not do CBT.
The fact that they're available, and with low friction if it appears that you need them is great.
Here's a stupid analogy. To become a bodybuilder you need to lift heavy compound movements probably under a barbell over a long period of time. You have a scrawny kid come into your gym and he says he likes doing push-ups. Why not let him do pushups? Just because they're "too easy to access" and not the stack ranked force prioritized #1 option for hypertrophy?
In general were super prescriptive on what others should do, but most Americans don't exercise, etc.
More availability of a broader array of treatment modalities is a feature not a big IMHO.
Generally agree with your comment but .... You're an adult. Decide what you need and take agency. The doc isn't forcing you to gobble pills and not do CBT.
The fact that they're available, and with low friction if it appears that you need them is great.
Here's a stupid analogy. To become a bodybuilder you need to lift heavy compound movements probably under a barbell over a long period of time. You have a scrawny kid come into your gym and he says he likes doing push-ups. Why not let him do pushups? Just because they're "too easy to access" and not the stack ranked force prioritized #1 option for hypertrophy?
In general were super prescriptive on what others should do, but most Americans don't exercise, etc.
More availability of a broader array of treatment modalities is a feature not a big IMHO.