The cost-effectiveness of short-term dynamic psychotherapy.
Short-term dynamic psychotherapy is a group of well-researched brief treatments with over 50 published controlled trials testing its effectiveness against a range of treatment and nontreatment controls. Studied samples are often high users of medical services, hospital services, mental health services and disability insurance. If short-term dynamic psychotherapy is effective, it should translate into demonstrable reductions in medical and social system costs. This review examines whether or not short-term dynamic psychotherapy is a cost-effective treatment.
Abbass
Allan A
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Center for Emotions and Health, Dalhousie University Department of Psychiatry, 5909 Veterans Memorial Lane, 9th Floor Abbie J Lane Memorial Building, QEII Health Sciences Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 2E2, Canada. allan.abbass@dal.ca