期刊名称：Research in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcome
印刷版ISSN：2239-8031
出版年度：2017
卷号：20
页码：139-142
DOI：10.4081/ripppo.2017.275
语种：English
出版社：PAGEPress Publications
摘要：Psychotherapies for anxiety and depression: benefits and costs is an important position paper that advocates for the research and treatment of these two devastating dis- orders that are highly prevalent not only in Italy but throughout the world. The emphasis here is on evidence- based treatment and economics. This takes into consider- ation the preference, at least in Italy for psychological treatments over pharmacologic, as well as the importance of marshaling scarce financial resources through the na- tional healthcare system. As noted, the economic burden of untreated anxiety and depression including, for exam- ple, absences from work, needs to be factored in. Cited was the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (LAPT) program which draws much of its rationale from the Depression Report of Great Britain. I would like to address these concerns with considerations given to cul- tural differences, alternative psychological treatments, and efficacy and effectiveness as determined by randomized double-blind studies and meta-analyses.
