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Cost/Benefit Related to Psychological Services
Waiting for Health Care in Canada: What We Know and What We Don't Know. March 7, 2006. Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). Waiting for Health Care in Canada: What we know and what we don't know provides a snapshot of wait times for various health conditions, including waits in the five priority areas set by First Ministers (cancer, cardiac, joint replacement, sight restoration and diagnostic imaging).
Effects of Waiting for Clinical Services on Attrition, Problem Resolution, Satisfaction, Attitudes Toward Psychotherapy, and Treatment Outcome: A Review of the Literature. (PDF 6.2 MB). Ronald J. May. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. 1991. Vol. 22. No. 3, pp 209-214.
Do Treatment Restrictions Imposed by Utilization Management Increase the Likelihood of Readmission for Psychiatric Patients? (PDF 6.2 MB). Thomas M. Wickizer and Daniel Lessler. Medical Care. 1998. Vol. 36. No. 6, pp 844-850.
Relationship of Referral Source, Race, and Wait Time on Preintake Attrition. (PDF 5.5 MB). Wendy A. Sparks, Jeffrey A. Daniels, and, Eugene Johnson. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. 2003. Vol. 34. No. 55, pp 514-518.
Dropping Out of Mental Health Treatment: Patterns and Predictors among Epidemiological Survey Respondents in the United States and Ontario. (PDF 1 MB). Edlund, MJ, Wang, PS, Berglund, PA, Katz, SJ, Lin, E, Kessler, RC. UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute. Index on Medline.
When Does the Process Begin? Implications of Waiting Lists for Counselling Psychology Services. (PDF 5.6 MB). Barbara Douglas. This article is based on a paper presented at the Division's Conference in May, 2000.
Patient and Therapist Views on Different Waiting List Procedures. (PDF 5.4 MB). David Westbrook. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. 1995. Vol. 23. pp 169-175.
Psychotherapy Dose-Response Effect and Its Implications for Treatment Delivery Service. (PDF 13.9 MB). Nathan B. Hansen, Michael J. Lambert, Evan M. Forman. Clin Psychol Sci Prac. 2002. Vol. 9. pp 329:343.
How Long Can a Waiting List Be? (PDF 2.7 MB). D. M. Foreman and M. Hanna. Psychiatric Bulletin. 2000. Vol. 24. pp 211-213.
"Minister Dosanjh announces that the government of Canada will establish a Canadian Mental Health Commission". November 2005. Health Canada Press Release.
"Exploring the 70/30 Split: How Canada's Health Care System Is Financed": This CIHI Study provides data on the public/private split and its effects on mental health care, particularly chapter 10 which focuses on mental health.
"Hospital Mental Health Services in Canada 2002-2003": CIHI study on the high use of hospital beds by those with mental health issues.
"Patterns of regional Mental Illness Disorder Diagnoses and Service Use in Manitoba: A Population-Based Study": Published by the Manitoba Centre of Health Policy as part of the "Mental Illness in Manitoba: A Guide for RHA Planners". The last page gives the information for getting a copy mailed to you free. This is a large document - a 4-page summary is available.
"Impact of psychotherapy: Does it affect frequency of visits to family physicians?". Not available online. This is the Gail Golden article on continued decreased use of physician services at a family medical centre after the patients had a course of treatment with a psychologist. The reference is: Golden, G.A. (1997). Impact of psychotherapy: Does it affect frequency of visits to family physicians? Canadian Family Physician, 43, 1098-1102.
Joint Statement on Physical Punishment of Children and Youth: This document was developed by a national coalition of organizations facilitated by the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO). has been endorsed by many organizations, including the Canadian Psychological Association and the Ontario Psychological Association.
Cost/Benefit Related to Psychological Services
"A Big Business Disability" (September 14, 2005). This 2005 Financial Post article provides easily comprehensible information on the financial impacts of depression in the workplace.
"An Expanded Role for Psychology in British Columbia's Mental and Behavioural Health Care" (January 2003). This proposal details how Registered Psychologists in BC can play a role in mental health services, and other healthcare services, through the Medical Services Plan and other funding mechanisms. This proposal details the cost savings that can come from the use of psychological services. Click here for an Introduction to this Proposal.
“Costs and Cost-Offsets of Psychological Interventions: Data in support of their Integration into an Universal-Access Health Care System” (March 2002). A Brief Presented to the Romanow Commission for Health Care Reform by the B.C. Psychological Association.
"The Cost Effectiveness of Psychological Interventions" (May 2002). This report was prepared by Dr. John Hunsley, and commissioned by the Canadian Psychological Association
PAA position paper on proposed insurance caps. This document lays out the PAA position on this issue at a time when the government was opening up auto insurance for review. The paper urges the consideration of psychological impacts of automobile accidents when determining insurance remuneration, not just the physical manifestations.