Vox:
Why more psychological therapy would cost nothing
17 July 2014
Mental illness is the main sickness of the working age population with economic costs around 8% of GDP. This column, based on the authors' recent book, discusses the effectiveness of a large programme of psychological therapy, launched in England in 2008. The savings due to welfare benefits, extra taxes, and physical healthcare outweigh the costs of the programme. In this case, psychological therapy costs nothing.
This article was published online by Vox on July 17, 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