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Like adults, young people should have a single point of access to talking therapies, the children’s commissioner for England has said. Speaking to MPs on the House of Commons Health… Click to show full abstract
Like adults, young people should have a single point of access to talking therapies, the children’s commissioner for England has said. Speaking to MPs on the House of Commons Health Committee on 21 November, Anne Longfield said that children should be able to access a service similar to the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme available to adults, which was designed to provide faster access to talking therapies for people with depression and anxiety disorders. The health committee is conducting an inquiry into the availability of child and adolescent mental health services. Longfield said, “I went online and looked at the IAPT system …
Journal Title: British Medical Journal
Year Published: 2017
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