There is a strong link between deprivation and thelikelihood of recovering from anxiety and depression, according to officialstatistics published today.
The report, Psychological Therapies: Annual Report on theuse of IAPT services, 2015-16, published by NHS Digital, examines activity,waiting times and outcomes for the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies(IAPT) programme run by the NHS in England.
It found a strong relationship between deprivation levelsand whether patients recover from mental illness after talking therapies suchas cognitive behavioural therapy, counselling and peer support.
More than 200,000 referrals were received from the mostdeprived 10% of areas, compared with under 92,000 from the least deprivedareas. While 55% of patients from the least-deprived areas recovered, only 35%of those in the most deprived areas did so.
The report also found recovery rates differed with genderand ethnicity. Recovery rates were higher among white ethnicities compared toall other ethnicities. White Irish females had the highest recovery rate(50.5%). The lowest recovery rate was for Asian or Asian British Pakistanimales (33.5%). The overall national recovery rate was 46.3%; slightly higherthan the rate in 2014-15 (44.8%)
The report also flags up data for ex-British Armed Forcespersonnel and their dependents. In 2015-16, the recovery rate for patients whowere former services personnel or their dependents was 48.6%. This is slightlyhigher than the equivalent rate reported in 2014-15 (47.1%).
Between April 1, 2015 and March 31, 2016 there were1,399,088 new referrals for treatment, with 953,522 referrals enteringtreatment. Of the referrals that finished a course of treatment in 2015-16,81.3% waited less than 6 weeks and 96.2% waited less than 18 weeks for theirfirst treatment.
The report can be downloaded here
