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Table 1 IAPT outcomes for CBT and counselling/counselling for depression

From: The 2018 UK NHS Digital annual report on the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme: a brief commentary

Year

Intervention

Courses of therapy

Average number of sessions

Recovery rate (%)

Average recovery rate per session (%)

Overall outcomes

 2017–2018

CBT

176,166

7.4

47.4

6.4

Counselling (CfD)

74,106

6.3

47.0

7.5

Year

Intervention

Number of referrals for specific disorder

Average number of sessions

Recovery rate (%)

Average recovery rate per session (%)

Depression

 2016–17

CBT

45,746

5.9

47.3

8.0

Counselling (CfD)

29,265

5.6

50.2

9.0

 2015–16

CBT

35,589

5.8

45.9

7.9

Counselling (CfD)

20,011

5.3

47.6

9.0

 2014–15

CBT

28,350

5.9

44.1

7.5

Counselling (CfD)

14,994

5.2

45.2

8.7

Anxiety

 

 2016–17

CBT

100,965

6.3

50.5

8.0

Counselling (CfD)

28,988

5.2

48.4

9.3

 2015–16

CBT

84,155

6.4

49.0

7.7

Counselling (CfD)

20,922

5.2

46.7

9.0

 2014–15

CBT

66,799

6.3

47.5

7.5

Counselling (CfD)

15,991

5.0

44.9

9.0

  1. Note: average recovery rate per session is calculated as recovery rate (as a %) divided by average number of sessions