Psychotherapy Is Worth It: A Comprehensive Review of Its Cost-Effectiveness is a multi-authored systematic review of the medical literature from 1984 to 2007 relevant to the cost-effectiveness of all kinds of psychotherapy. It also reviews the stigma associated with psychiatric illness and its true cost to society. Mental illness is the leading cause of disability around the globe, according to the World Health Organization, and nearly half of the population will suffer from at least one psychiatric disorder in their lifetime. This book examines attitudes undermining the provision of psychiatric care including psychotherapy and the resulting lack of treatment leading to increased morbidity and mortality. The studies reviewed demonstrate that appropriate psychotherapeutic treatment contributes to better outcomes overall. Psychotherapy Is Worth It: A Comprehensive Review of Its Cost-Effectiveness concludes that psychotherapy works for many conditions, is cost-effective, can at times provide significant cost-offset in other medical and hospital expenses, and is not abused by those persons not truly in need.
Author(s): Susan G. Lazar
Edition: 1
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 359
Contents......Page 4
Contributors......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
1 Introduction......Page 10
2 Psychotherapeutic and Psychosocial Interventions in Schizophrenia: Clinical Outcomes and Cost-Effectiveness......Page 40
3 Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder......Page 70
4 Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder......Page 96
5 Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders......Page 112
6 Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Depression......Page 144
7 Psychotherapy and Psychosocial Interventions in the Treatment of Substance Abuse......Page 184
8 Psychotherapy for Patients With Medical Conditions......Page 236
9 Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents......Page 276
10 The Place of Long-Term and Intensive Psychotherapy......Page 298
11 Epilogue......Page 320
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