Long-term healthcare cost reduction with Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy in a tertiary psychiatric service

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 64, Issue , 2015, Pages 114-120

  Abbass, Allan ^a   Kisely, Steve ^b   Rasic, Daniel ^a   Town, Joel M ^a   Johansson, Robert ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Institute for Molecular Bioscience   (Australia)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cost effectiveness; Depression; Personality disorder; Psychodynamic; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DSM-IV; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; ICD-9; INTENSIVE SHORT TERM DYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING; PHYSICIAN; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, PSYCHODYNAMIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84928211576     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2015.03.001     Document Type: Article

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