IAPT plans for the young
The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme has released fresh details about its plans for a strand tailored for children and young people aged under 18. The project has government backing and is due to start this year or next, with an initial focus on anxiety and depressive disorders and conduct disorder, using CBT and parenting programmes. Staff will train to an agreed national curriculum for best evidence-based (NICE approved) treatments The selection of sites for phase one will be competitive - an announcement about the bidding process is due imminently.
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