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Depression Problem in the UK
The Depression Report,
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was published on Monday, argues that everyone
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from severe anxiety and depression should be offered psychotherapy.
According to the report, one
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six people in the UK will be
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with chronic depression or anxiety,
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, it argues, are "the biggest causes of misery in Britain today".
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, only few of these seek help. The report argues that this is because the main treatment currently available is anti-depressants, with limited counselling offered only in some parts of the UK.
This is
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the fact that most people say they would
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to talk to someone, and notwithstanding existing guidelines from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) which advise that talking therapies work
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. The guidelines are not being adhered to, the report says,
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to lack of funds and a
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of therapists.
There are currently one million people in the UK
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incapacity benefit—more than the
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number of unemployed people. The report"s authors, led by Professor Richard Kurtiz, say more than half of these people could be cured if they
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to receive some form of talking cure, including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).
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to whether or not the country could
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the extra expenditure, Professor Layard argues that the
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cost to the UK in lost income from those who suffer from severe anxiety and depression is £12 billion—the
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of 1 per cent of the national income every year.
The report argues that,
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patients to be given a course of 16
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CBT would have an almost instant impact on the UK economy.