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Making Psychotherapy Scalable by Teaching Nonprofessionals to Deliver Treatment to Each Other

Decades of psychotherapy outcome research and countless meta-analyses show that psychotherapy works. Unfortunately, psychotherapy is a luxury afforded to few. Only a minority of people with mental illness receive treatment (Kessler et al., 2005), due to both attitudinal barriers (e.g., stigma, desire for self-reliance) and structural barriers (e.g., cost, provider availability; Mojtabai et al., 2011). […]

Samantha L. Bernecker, M.S. + 1 more

May 4, 2018