Britain is a "Prozac Nation" facing a crisis in mental health care, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says.
He has warned the over-use of pills and poor mental health services were failing the public.
The party has obtained figures showing waits of more than two years for some counselling and psychotherapy services.
Mr Clegg said the Lib Dems would guarantee treatment within 13 weeks. The government guarantees hospital, but not community care, within 18 weeks.
In a speech to The Guardian Public Services Summit in St Albans, Hertfordshire, Mr Clegg said: "Britain has become the true Prozac Nation. I believe this trend has gone too far.
"We must cut the number of anti-depressants prescribed by doctors. Pills must not be a crutch for the wider issues in our society which cause mental health problems."
-- BBC News