The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme
seeks to deliver on the Government's 2005 General Election manifesto
commitment to provide improved access to psychological therapies for
people who require the help of mental health services. It also responds
to service user's requests for more personalised services based around
their individuals needs.
It will test the effectiveness of
providing increases in evidence based psychological therapy services to
people with 'common' mental health problems such as anxiety and
depression, in providing improvements in health, well-being and in
maintaining people or returning people to employment and community
participation.
Visit the IAPT choices website