Psychotherapy with patients from lower socioeconomic groups.
Patients of lower socioeconomic status are only infrequently considered for individual psychodynamic psychotherapy even where cost is not a factor. Reasons for this bias are examined and suggestions are made for correcting such inadvertent discrimination.
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004644:Emotions; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011572:Psychoanalysis / Q000193:education; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D012923:Social Class