One in five people diagnosed with mental illnesses have to wait over a year to get counselling therapy from their doctors. This is according to the mental health charity Mind.
The charity says that getting treatment within three months of going to the doctor can help get people back into work more quickly.
Jenny was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in the same week she discovered she was pregnant. She then developed post-traumatic stress disorder when her son was born. Despite being a high-risk patient, Jenny was told she would have to wait eight months for cognitive behaviour therapy.
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