Department of Health written question – answered on 6th September 2017.
Luke Pollard
Labour/Co-operative, Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of which mental health interventions are effective for treating autistic people with anxiety or depression.
Jackie Doyle-Price
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health
Deciding what is the most effective and appropriate therapeutic treatment for an individual patient is a matter for individual clinicians or clinical teams, drawing on their professional education and training, and the relevant clinical guidance such as that published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
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