Independent assessments suggest that IAPT is not making a ‘real world’, socially significant difference to client’s lives, albeit that further research is needed. In the Special Issue of the Journal of Health Psychology for August 2018, ways forward are suggested.
Contents of Special Section of August 2018 Issue of the Journal of Health Psychology ALL OPEN ACCESS
http://journals.sagepub.com/action/showTocPdf?volume=23&issue=9&journalCode=hpqa
IAPT Under The Microscope David F Marks https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/d142501a-6727-4002-b1c6-9222174610de
Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) – The Need For Radical Reform Michael J Scott
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1359105318755264
The diagnosis is correct but National Institute of Health and Care Excellence are part of the problem not the solution Sami Timimi
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1359105318766139
Attempting to reconcile large differences in Improving Access to Psychological Therapies recovery rates Scott H Waltman http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1359105318767158
Medical approaches to suffering are limited, so why critique Improving Access to Psychological Therapies from the same ideology James Binnie
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1359105318769323
Transforming Access To Psychological Therapies Michael J Scott
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1359105318781873
Dr Mike Scott