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<p>The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme offers a range
of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended therapies
in England for common mental health conditions including depression and anxiety.</p><p>
</p><p>For people with a severe mental illness, such as psychosis, bipolar disorder
and personality disorder, NHS England has committed to increasing access to psychological
therapies, as recommended by the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health.</p><p>
</p><p>The 2016 access standard for early intervention state that at least 50% of
people experiencing their first episode of psychosis should start a package of care
recommended by NICE within two weeks of referral rising to 60% by 2020/21. The waiting
time element of this standard was met in August 2018 with 74.4% of people starting
treatment within two weeks.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, NHS England is developing
a new framework for adult non-specialist community mental health services, due to
be published in 2019, which will set out updated recommendations on the importance
of psychological therapies as a treatment intervention in community mental health
services.</p>
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