title: Brief therapy in the age of Reagapeutics.
abstract: American society is eager to embrace brief therapy as one answer to skyrocketing bills and the limited supply of mental health care providers. In the new healing philosophy of "Reagapeutics," brief therapy symbolizes our increasing sense of futurelessness in the nuclear era, our impatience in this age of haste, and our intolerance for dependency.
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D003363:Cost Control / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D009689:Nuclear Warfare; D011057:Politics; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief / Q000191:economics*; D012922:Social Change; D012946:Social Welfare / Q000639:trends; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D014481:United States