Mental Health Care Neglected
The Lancet medical journal has reported that many aspects of mental health care are neglected. The special report coincided with the passage of the Mental Health Bill last week and stated that many of the mental health wards in the UK are at best untherapeutic and at worst unsafe.
The journal reported that access to psychological treatments remained “pitiful”, even after a ruling by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) that cognitive behavioural therapy should be made available on the NHS.