I don't know how much he knows about mental health or how it's practice in the US. But in the US there are things that are classified as clinical and those that

I don't know how much he knows about mental health or how it's practice in the US. But in the US there are things that are classified as clinical and those that aren't. The DSM-V is a guidebook to those issues and people who make those determinations has to go through a graduate program (Masters, Ph.D. etc) with a certain period of training akin to residency (these requirements do vary from state to state but in California it is fairly extensive and strict). I can't speak to what's going on in the UK but one can't simply show up to a therapist or psychiatrist because one's having a bad day and start getting drugs or some long term therapy program.