Excerpt: Antidepressants were prescribed by a specialist just 36 percent of the time, while the remaining 64 percent were prescribed by primary-care offices, hospitals, outpatient programs or surgical offices, according to an August 2006 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, the most recent data available. What's particularly alarming is that most general practitioners are not qualified to properly diagnose and treat behavioral-health issues, argues John Kamilis, director of clinical services at Skokie, Ill.-based Curalinc Healthcare. The result is that patients often suffer from inadequate treatment, including being prescribed the wrong drugs and not being referred for counseling, he says.

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