News: Can talking make you better - New Statesman

Simon Wessely, of the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London, writes about the UK Government's 'therapy of choice', CBT. This article in the New Statesman suggests that 'CBT does not cure cancer, schizophrenia or arthritis, but it does improve mood, coping and quality of life.'

He comments that there is a good evidence base for supporting the use of CBT. Of course, other talking therapies, that take a more holistic approach, don't tend to favour the randomised controlled trials approach, which has its roots (some would argue) in the commercial considerations of the pharmaceutical industry. Within the psychotherapy community, there is a preponderance of heated discussions about the efficacy of one type of therapy over another.