Expert Perspectives on the Effectiveness of Psychotherapy.

ABSTRACT: The effectiveness of psychotherapeutic care, as well as the implementation of adequate improvements, are in question. A qualitative interview study was carried out in a cyclical research design with a comparative analysis on the basis of thematic coding using Grounded Theory Methodology. An overview of the design, sampling procedure, and data analysis is given. A variety of critical perspectives emerged concerning the state of psychotherapeutic care in Austria. Two perspectives are presented in this paper as interim results: a health care administration perspective states a general lack of knowledge and a possible unmet need, problematizes the underutilized benefit of psychotherapists and describes a shift in regard to the issue of effectiveness of care to the topic of access to psychother

SUBMITTER: Loffler-Stastka H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10530554 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature