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Since the Second World War, rates of common mental illness (depression and anxiety) have been increasing in the industrialized nations, whereas rates of recovery from severe mental illness have not improved despite the availability of apparently effective therapies such as antipsychotic drugs.

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Richard Bentall
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 30
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Psychologist
Sheffield
England
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