One of the leading figures in the UK mental health care system looks at the history of one of the most important problems facing us today, and how this has defined contemporary attitudes on mental health. This is an important and powerful new perspective that will start conversations and change minds.

Richard Carlton Crabtree is one of the leading figures in the UK's mental healthcare system. He has worked at the forefront of the Department of Health's flagship 'Improving Access to Psychological Therapies' (IAPT) programme for more than ten years, having led the expansion of IAPT into more than thirty regions around the UK. He has written about mental health and psychological therapies for the Independent newspaper and contributed to national forums shaping mental health policy in the UK at the head of various charitable organisations.