Funny you should mention the government, yellowbelly. One of Mr.Blair's advisors, labour peer Lord Layard, is keen to implement a national network of mental health drop-in centres. He seems rather keen on CBT too!
(It's a factual post, scary I know!!! Just breath deeply and read the article)
And from the labour party conference....
"Lord Layard pointed out that CBT had been evaluated by the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence and had been shown to be as effective as drug treatment for anxiety and depression. He added that having the choice of treatment by therapy was top of patients’ wish lists. "