“Mental health: Britain’s biggest social problem?"
Layard, R.
(2005-01-20)
“Mental health: Britain’s biggest social problem?"
[Paper]. Paper presented at the No.10 Strategy Unit Seminar on Mental Health, London, United Kingdom, GBR.
(2005-01-20)
“Mental health: Britain’s biggest social problem?"
[Paper]. Paper presented at the No.10 Strategy Unit Seminar on Mental Health, London, United Kingdom, GBR.
Mental illness is one of the biggest causes of misery in our society. It is at least as important as poverty. It also imposes heavy costs on the economy (some 2% of GDP) and on the Exchequer (again some 2% of GDP). There are now more mentally ill people drawing incapacity benefits than there are unemployed people on Jobseeker’s Allowance