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The Sun:
Breakdown SOS

18 June 2012

MENTAL health is such an important issue it deserves its own Government minister, says a top professor.The call by Lord Layard follows an explosion in mental illness. It now accounts for almost half of all sickness in the UK - including 700,000 child victims. His team of experts at the respected London School of Economics found three-quarters of sufferers get no treatment. Professor Lord Layard said of the epidemic: "It needs its own Cabinet minister."

This article appeared in The Sun on June 18, 2012
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Related publications
'How Mental Illness Loses Out in the NHS'. A report by the Centre for Economic Performance's Mental Health Policy Group. Published June 18, 2012.
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Related links
Richard Layard webpage
Mental Health Policy Group webpage
Wellbeing Programme webpage