THERAPY NATION

Pity the poor Poms:

Richard Layard, the eminent professor and Labour peer, will say tomorrow that people suffering from depression are given little 'except a few minutes with the GP and some pills'.

Layard, who wrote the Downing Street strategy paper, 'Mental Health: Britain's Biggest Social Problem?', will say there is a 'mass of suffering' with half of all those with clinical depression receiving no help. He will call for 10,000 new therapists to be trained over the next five to 10 years.

What could be more depressing than the thought of 10,000 new therapists?