The British Journal of Psychiatry (2008) 192: 331-332. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.046987
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Invited commentary on... Proposals for massive expansion of psychological therapies would be counterproductive across society{dagger}

Michael King, MD, PhD

Department of Mental Health Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Hampstead Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF, UK. Email: m.king{at}medsch.ucl.ac.uk

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{dagger} See pp. 326–330, this issue.

Will an expansion of access to cognitive–behavioural therapy lead to greater happiness? Summerfield and Veale debate this question by focusing on the nature of mental distress and the best evidence for ameliorating it. Stimulating though it is, their debate left me wondering about the wider philosophical and ethical implications behind our rush to therapy.


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