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The case for psychological treatment centres

BMJ 2006; 332 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.332.7548.1030 (Published 27 April 2006) Cite this as: BMJ 2006;332:1030

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I support the Psychological treatment centres

EDITOR--It was very interesting to read the paper of Layard 'The case of
psychological treatment centres' [BMJ 2006,332;1030-1032]. I support the
idea of establishing psychological treatment or CBT centres in UK. I think that
with the great development in recent years in mental health services in
UK, with new generation of psychotropic drugs, specialised teams like Home
treatment/Crisis team, Assertive outreach, & Early intervention teams, so
establishing psychological treatment centres will be great move in the
right direction as such centres can work nicely with psychiatric
hospitals, community and specialised psychiatric teams, and general
practice.

AK.Al-Sheikhli, MRCPsych,DPM

Competing interests:
None declared

Competing interests: No competing interests

28 April 2006
AK Al-Sheikhli
Loc.Consultant Psychiatrist
St.Michael Hospital,Warwick