'Take new look at 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.
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Hide AdThis comes at a time when the Scottish Government wants to drive down the number of anti-depressant pills issued by GPs.
Ms Hilton said: "Scotland is a world-class centre of expertise on counselling research – yet SIGN appears to have ignored the evidence Scotland has to offer."