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==Improving Access to Psychological Therapies== [[Improving Access to Psychological Therapies]] (IAPT) is the treatment arm of the MUS rollout in the UK. It has been accused of diverting millions in mental health care funding to patients without mental illness, and for its lack of effectiveness in patients with MUS.<ref name="Diverting" /> The [[Journal of Health Psychology, Special Issue: The PACE Trial|Journal of Health Psychology]] published [[Michael Scott|Michael Scott's]] ''Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) - The Need for Radical Reform,'' which used the [[PACE trial]] as an example of inflating rates of recovery from psychological treatments, and concluded that the IAPT similarly had little evidence to justify the treatments even for psychological conditions.<ref name="Scott2018">{{Cite journal | last = Scott | first = Michael J | date = 2018-08-01 | title = Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) - The Need for Radical Reform|url=https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105318755264|journal=Journal of Health Psychology|language=en|volume=23|issue=9|pages=1136β1147|doi=10.1177/1359105318755264|issn=1359-1053}}</ref> The editor of the Journal of Health Psychology, Dr [[David Marks]], published the editorial ''IAPT under the microscope'' in July 2018, which concluded "A service based on the promise of savings by taking people off benefits is a political hot potato. There is an urgent need for an independent review of IAPT by impartial experts."<ref name="Marks2018">{{Cite journal | last = Marks | first = David F | author-link = David Marks | date = Aug 2018 | title = IAPT under the microscope|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1359105318781872|journal=Journal of Health Psychology|language=en|volume=23|issue=9|pages=1131β1135|doi=10.1177/1359105318781872|issn=1359-1053|quote=|via=}}</ref>
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