Two-thirds of Britons with depression get no treatment If these figures related to cancer patients the nation would be in uproar, says new president of Royal College of Psychiatrists
Less than a third of people with common mental health problems get any treatment at all a situation the nation would not tolerate if they had cancer, according to the incoming president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
While the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has pledged to deliver "parity of esteem" for mental and physical health services, the treatment gap is now so huge that it may prove impossible to bridge in the current financial climate, said Professor Simon Wessely of King's College London in his first interview since election to the post. Continue reading... The Guardian
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Less than a third of people with common mental health problems get any treatment at all a situation the nation would not tolerate if they had cancer, according to the incoming president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
While the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has pledged to deliver "parity of esteem" for mental and physical health services, the treatment gap is now so huge that it may prove impossible to bridge in the current financial climate, said Professor Simon Wessely of King's College London in his first interview since election to the post. Continue reading... The Guardian
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