Psychotherapy Declines In The U.S. Due To Medication, Insurance
August 5, 2008
Washington (dbTechno) - A new report released in the August issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry has revealed that psychotherapy is on the decline in the U.S.
The report revealed that the percentage of patients who visited psychiatrists for psychotherapy dropped from 44% in 1996-1997, down to 29% in 2004-2005.
Researchers looked at data from nearly 15,000 psychiatric offices over the course of a 10-year span.
There are several reasons for this, with one big one being that there is now a lower rate of insurance reimbursement, meaning health insurance companies are not paying for the treatment as much.
The other big factor is that more Americans are truning to psychotherapy medications, such as antidepressants.
Antidepressants continue to grow in popularity in the U.S., and are a very common treatment for a variety of mental health issues.
The report also revealed a decline in psychiatrists using psychoteray with all patients, declining from 19% down to 11%.
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