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.

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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.