Psychological Therapy Outcomes and Engagement in People of Different Religions.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Identifying whether people of minoritized religious identities are less likely to benefit from psychological therapy is key to tackling inequalities in mental health treatment.

Objective

To assess inequalities in the effectiveness of routinely delivered psychological therapy across religious groups and by the intersections with ethnicity.

Design, setting, and participants

Retrospective cohort study including all patients who completed a course of treatment at 5 London-based National Health Service Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression (NHS TTad) services between 2011 and 2020. Individuals reported their religion using routine patient records collected by the services. Data were analyzed from September 2023 to October 2024.

Exposures

Self-ident

SUBMITTER: Shafan-Azhar Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11979733 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature