The Huffington Post (UK) - the Blog:
Are the treatments costly?
11 July 2014
A standard course of cognitive behavioural therapy involves up to 16 one-hour sessions, one-on-one - with the average number of sessions nearer to ten. The total cost is about £1,000 (or $2,000). With a 50 percent success rate for a serious condition, this is good value for money. And that is why it is recommended for almost all mental health conditions in the official guidelines for the British National Health Service. But actually the economics is even better than that. There are some striking lessons here for those who finance the healthcare system. It turns out that mental health has a huge effect on physical health, and thus on healthcare costs.
This article was published online by The Huffington Post (UK) Blog on July 11, 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