More progressive countries allow the use of medication and treatment for depression and you still get to keep your licence and job.
Here the answer is removal from roster, lose your licence and your life is turned upside down.
So give yourself a pat on the back GCAA medical department.
No pilot is going to report any symptoms even if they do have them. Its career suicide. Then again if no problem is reported what's the issue ?
Shame we can not strap your bums to a jump seat for a few months to see what we must deal with.
Article discussing link between lack of sleep and depression by Professor of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London
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It has been proposed for some time now that by improving sleep we can perhaps prevent or treat depression. Recently, data have started to emerge from studies suggesting that this may indeed be the case.