The survey, which will be formally published next year, said there was an "urgent need to examine local policies regarding the effective prevention and intervention in cases of pre-school behavioural, emotional and social difficulties".
Nor is he much kinder about the recent school of "behavioural" (or "nudge") economics, which just as arrogantly assumes to know what is rational and what is not.
As it excavates the foundations, the burgeoning school of behavioural economics is shouldering aside the desiccated calculations of economic man to make legitimate space for emotion, altruism and fair play in economic behaviour.
A report by the Sutton Trust charity, published last week, showed that poorer children are twice as likely to start school with behavioural problems, and warned that the gap had widened over the past 10 years.
It is far from clear that either economics or financial theory have adjusted to face this new reality.The best hope for progress is the school of behavioural economics, which understands that individuals cannot be the rational actors who fit neatly into academic models.
The intensive group training protocol combines exercise therapy with principles of back school and behavioural therapy.
We evaluated a wide range of factors: socio-demographic, past traumatic events/stressors (including bullying, self-image and school performance), behavioural factors/social support (including HIV disclosure), and bio-clinical parameters.
The intensive group training protocol is expected to be more effective, because it is a detailed protocol and because it combines principles of exercise therapy back school and behavioural therapy, which have recently been proven to be effective for this patient population in systematic Cochrane reviews [ 38- 40].
Exercise therapy, back schools and behavioural therapy seem to be the most promising interventions for treatment of chronic low back pain [ 4].
