Thrive · The Power of Evidence-Based Psychological Therapies by Layard, Richard -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Dedication Preface Thrive

Part One: THE PROBLEM

1. What’s the Problem?

How many suffer? Do they get help? Can they be treated effectively? Are the treatments costly? Early intervention? A better society?

2. What is Mental Illness?

Anxiety Depression Schizophrenia Personality disorder Alcoholism and drug addiction Troubled children Mental and physical pain

3. How Many Suffer?

Getting worse? The burden of disease Suicide

4. Do They Get Help?

The scandal of under-treatment Rationing Stigma Heroes and heroines

5. How Does It Affect People’s Lives?

Suffering Sickness and death Inability to work Lower earnings and worse exam results Chaotic and anti-social behaviour The life course

6. The Economic Cost

Fewer in work, and more on welfare More crime More physical healthcare Mental healthcare

7. What Causes Mental Illness?

Our genes How genes and experience interact Our personal experience What makes mental problems persist? The nature of society Health inequalities

Part Two: WHAT CAN BE DONE?

8. Does Therapy Work?

The scientific approach Pills Cognitive behavioural therapy Effectiveness in the field The therapy or the therapist?

9. How Therapies Are Developed

The behavioural revolution Beck and cognitive therapy Cognitive behavioural therapy Panic disorder Brands of CBT Social anxiety disorder Conclusion

10. What Works for Whom?

Depression Anxiety Eating disorders Combining therapy and medication New ways of delivering therapy Low-intensity therapy and stepped care Schizophrenia Personality disorders Alcoholism and drug addiction Patient choice Properly trained therapists

11. Can We Afford More Therapy?

Savings on welfare Savings on physical healthcare Quality of life

12. Improving Access to Psychological Therapies

The IAPT story People get better The IAPT model The critics of IAPT Where next?

13. What Works for Young People?

Anxiety and depression Disruptive behaviour IAPT for the young

14. Can We Prevent Mental Illness?

Early interventions Social and emotional learning An experiment Resilience Mindfulness School discipline Conclusions

15. Would a Better Culture Help?

What goal? Parents Schools Business Media and advertising Government Spiritual movements

16. Stop This Pain

Parity of esteem Prevention A new concept of deprivation

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