The Guardian:
Mental illness treatment needs massive investment. The case is overwhelming
1 July 2014
Nearly 40 percent of all illness in this country is mental illness, but most of it is untreated. It is the greatest injustice in our society and every party's manifesto needs a plan to redress it. The good news is that both depression and chronic anxiety conditions are highly treatable by modern evidence-based psychological therapies such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Half of the people treated recover fully, and many others improve substantially.
This article was published by the Guardian on July 1, 2014
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Related publications
Thrive: the Power of Evidence Based Psychological Therapies Richard Layard and David M Clark, Penguin, July 2014
Related Links
Richard Layard webpage
David Clark webpage
Wellbeing Programme webpage