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Guardian:
Lord Victor Adebowale reviews the week's healthcare news

4 July 2014

If there is one area of the NHS in desperate need of change, it is mental healthcare provision. Professors Richard Layard and David Clark highlight in Thrive: The Power of Evidence-Based Psychological Therapies that it is a false economy when people in need of help do not get treatment. Billed as ''the dream team'' of British social science, they urged MPs this week to double the provision of psychological therapy on the NHS.

This article was published in guardian.com on July 4, 2014
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Related Publications
Thrive: the Power of Evidence Based Psychological Therapies, Richard Layard, David M Clark, Penguin, July 2014
Book details here

Related Links
Richard Layard webpage
David Clark webpage
Wellbeing Programme webpage

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