In response to the recent World Health Organisation (WHO) publication of a Psychological Interventions Implementation Manual that predominantly endorse behavioral therapy (BT) and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques, for both adults and young people, the IAAP has sent a letter (LINK) that takes a strong stand against limiting the effective treatments for mental health disorders to the prescribed.

The letter is supported by more than 60 members of the IAAP who are all professors or doctors with a connection to a university. The list of supporters can be seen on the Members’ Area of the IAAP website.

We are pleased to announce that The IAAP on August 2nd received a kind response from WHO where they acknowledge the reception of our letter and attach two articles (article 1) (article 2) which they will take into consideration in the next update of their guidelines.