Hundreds of mental health experts issue rallying call against austerity

400 counsellors, psychotherapists and others sign letter saying 'society thrown completely off balance' by 'emotional toxicity of neoliberal thinking'

Austerity cuts are having a "profoundly disturbing" impact on people's psychological wellbeing and the emotional state of the nation, hundreds of counsellors, psychotherapists and mental health experts have said in a letter to the Guardian.

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