CEP News: The Guardian: Talking therapies are better than pills, but you have to find the right one

The Guardian:
Talking therapies are better than pills, but you have to find the right one

28 May 2014

When the Depression Report was published by the Centre for Economic Performance's mental health policy group in 2006, it quantified the effects of that over-medicalisation for the first time. Talking therapies, particularly CBT, could be shown to be more effective than medication in cases of mild to moderate depression, both in getting people back to work and preventing recurrence.

This article was published in The Guardian on May 28, 2014
Link to article here

Related publications
The Depression Report: A New Deal for Depression and Anxiety Disorders by Richard Layard. Published 2006 by the Mental Health Policy Group.

Related links
Richard Layard webpage
Wellbeing Programme webpage
Mental Health Policy Group webpage

The Guardian:Talking therapies are better than pills, but you have to find the right one

The Guardian:
Talking therapies are better than pills, but you have to find the right one