New articles are published every Monday and sometimes in between.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Talk therapies save HMOs and employers money

Referring patients with mental health problems to talking therapies seems to cut their use of healthcare services and the amount of sick leave they take, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

For more information click here.

I have known this for years as have other psychotherapists. However, we do not have the marketing budget of the pharmaceutical companies or the HMOs. As numerous studies have shown restricting behavioral health benefits and erecting barriers to service winds up costing the health care system much more money in the long run.
Posted by at
Labels:

1 comment:

  1. Sizzling LEOJune 7, 2012 at 6:17 AM

    Veronica Hearst company is in continuous search for solutions to fight lack of nutrition in kids and provide them with good food to overcome malnutrition. Also they are working to help kids develop a more powerful immunity process with good eating habits so that they are capable of doing well in their scholastics and can become responsible citizens for the prosperity of their nation in the future.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)