Anxiety and Depression

Depression and anxiety are set to be leading causes of disability in high income countries by 2030, and currently cost the UK economy £9 billion a year. Improving access to psychological therapies (IAPT) is a national programme aimed at reducing this disability burden by increasing the availability of ‘talking therapies’ on the NHS. I am working with Kate Button and PhD student, Clarissa Bauer-Staub on a project to improve the allocation of psychological treaments for depression. We are working with Bath company, Mayden. See our preprint on the effects of Covid-19 on IAPT.