- Type:#article
- Year read:#read2022
- Subject: ICBT
- Bibtex: @fonagy2021
- Bibliography: Fonagy, P., & Luyten, P. (2021). Socioeconomic and sociocultural factors affecting access to psychotherapies: The way forward. World Psychiatry, 20(3), 315–316. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20911
Example citation
Ethnic minority groups and economically marginalized groups may not benefit from current psychotherapy options to the same extent as WEIRD individuals [@fonagy2021].
Key takeaways
- Economic: in many countries only private practice psychologists and psychiatrists pratice CBT
- Minority groups may not be able to use the digital therapies, digital and language skills
- Attitudes differ. Suspicion about treatments predicts dropout (REF 4)
- Highly resourceful individuals focus on themselves as agents, while marginalized individuals emphasize the community.
Their solutions:
- Pure self-help can help
- Task sharing and local therapists
- Cultural competence among therapists