PTSD treatment cost-effective when patients given choice
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 16:31
in Health & Medicine
A cost-analysis of post-traumatic stress disorder treatments shows that letting patients choose their course of treatment – either psychotherapy or medication – is less expensive than assigning a treatment and provides a higher quality of life for patients. “This is one of the first studies to look at the cost of providing mental health care and comparing different treatments for PTSD,” said a co-author of the study. “It has tremendous implications for how large health care systems such as the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs proceed with treating PTSD.”