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<p>NHS England recognises that many people who come to the attention of secondary
community mental health services need support with practical problems such as housing
and debt advice. As a result, its framework for community mental health services currently
in development will emphasise the importance of integrated service models which can
address such needs, for example through partnerships between the National Health Service,
local authority and voluntary sector services.</p><p>Improving Access to Psychological
Therapies (IAPT) services provide evidence-based psychological therapies to people
with common mental health disorders. They are not designed to address practical problems,
however, where appropriate, therapists may signpost patients to other local sources
of help for those practical problems and, if necessary, where a practical problem
is likely to impact negatively on treatment, defer treatment until the person is better
able to benefit from that treatment.</p>
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