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'Shrink work!' says a NHS policy, bizarrely

Ross

I believe the answer is:

psychoanalysis

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'shrink work' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to thinking as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'says a nhs policy bizarrely' is the wordplay.
'bizarrely' is an anagram indicator.
'says'+'a'+'nhs'+'policy'='saysanhspolicy'
'saysanhspolicy' anagrammed gives 'PSYCHOANALYSIS'.

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(Other definitions for psychoanalysis that I've seen before include "System of mental therapy" , "Method of treatment pioneered by Freud" , "mental treatment" , "Freudian theory" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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