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Mental health momentum mustn't give way to political expediency

15 May 2015

The authoritative How Mental Health Loses Out in the NHS study, published by the LSE in 2012, revealed that for people aged 65 or less, nearly half of all ill health was mental ill health.

This article was published online by The Conversation UK on May 15, 2015
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Related publications
How Mental Health Loses Out in the NHS: Report by The Centre for Economic Performance's Mental Health Policy Group, June 2012
In brief: Mental illness and the NHS, Richard Layard. Article in CentrePiece Volume 17, Issue 2, Autumn 2012

Related links
Richard Layard webpage
Wellbeing Programme webpage
Mental Health Research webpage

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