Mental illness treatment needs massive investment. The case is overwhelming Giving greater access to therapies such as CBT is not only the right thing to do it would save the NHS huge sums.
What is the greatest source of misery in our society poverty, unemployment or mental illness? As surveys show, the answer is mental illness. Yet under a third of people with these problems are in treatment. If you break a bone, you receive care automatically, but if your spirit is broken, you do not.
Nearly 40% of all illness in this country is mental illness, but most of it is untreated. It is the greatest injustice in our society and every party's manifesto needs a plan to redress it. The good news is that both depression and chronic anxiety conditions are highly treatable by modern evidence-based psychological therapies such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Half of the people treated recover fully, and many others improve substantially. After recovery, the chances of relapse are much reduced; many patients say they feel reborn. Continue reading... The Guardian
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