Foreword - Nikolas Rose;

Introduction, The modern myths of IAPT - Rosemary Rizq;

Part 1: the State we’re in;

1. Neoliberalism: what it is and why it matters - Philip Thomas;

2. The industrialisation and marketisation of healthcare - Penny Campling;

3. Health services without care: throwing good money after bad - Marianna Fotaki;

4. Positive affect as coercive strategy: the role of psychology in UK government workfare programmes - Lynne Friedli and Robert
Stearn;

5. CBT’s integration into societal networks of power - Michael Guilfoyle;

Part 2: The state of the NHS;

6. IAPT and the flawed ideology of diagnosis - Sami Timimi;

7. IAPT, power and professional self-interest - Andy Rogers;

8. Why the economics of IAPT don’t add up - Scott Steen;

Part 3: The state of the workplace;

9. Perverting the course of therapy: IAPT and the fetishisation of governance - Rosemary Rizq;

10. The industrial relations of mental health - Elizabeth Cotton;

11. At what cost? The impact of IAPT on third sector psychological therapy provision - Jude Boyles and Norma McKinnon Fathi;

12. Industrialising relational therapy: ethical conflicts and threats for counsellors in IAPT - Gillian Proctor and Maeta Brown

To what extent can the UK government's Improving Access to Psychological Therapies system of care – driven by psychiatric diagnosis, fast through-put and quick-win `outcomes’ – really provide a solution to Britain’s growing mental health crisis?