Mental illness: The great hidden problem in today's society

Richard Layard interviewed by Viv Davies,

Mental ill-health causes more suffering than physical illness, poverty or unemployment. Greater spending on helping people recover from mental health problems would generate massive savings to national economies. This Vox Talk discusses how successful psychological treatments have been developed and urges policymakers to act. Layard argues that psychological therapy costs nothing.

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Topics: Health economics

Tags: mental illness, health costs

Layard, R and D M Clark (2014), Thrive: The power of evidence-based psychological therapies, London: Penguin (Available at Amazon).