Care for Mental Health Patients in Jeopardy
Research suggests that psychological therapies (e.g. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy [CBT]) are essential in the treatment of mental health problems including anxiety, depression, eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and in many cases should be offered to sufferers instead of medication. However, the effectiveness of these ‘talking therapies’ is dependent upon the expertise of the mental health professional delivering them and that expertise comes at a cost which the NHS and many private sector providers...
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