The IAPT programme in England assesses approximately one million people each year and offers evidence-based psychological interventions, primarily for diagnoses of anxiety and depression. These ...

Within two years an estimated 900,000 people with so-called common mental health problems - anxiety and depression in the main - will be able to access talking treatments through their GP surgery. The ...

There is a mental health crisis in England, with rates of depression doubling since the Covid pandemic began. Strategies of “speaking up”, mindfulness sessions at work, and national “happiness” ...

Emma Stanton, Brain Wheelan and Thishi Surendranathan review the success of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, a flagship programme to get people into mental health treatment The Adult ...

Elizabeth Cotton does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

NHS talking therapy services will be funded to link up with long Covid clinics as part of efforts to mitigate the mental health impacts of the pandemic, the Government has said. It comes amid concerns ...

Patients with serious mental health issues leading them to self-harm or attempt suicide are being left to wait as long as two years for specialist support because of an NHS “blind spot” on waiting ...