Cost Effectiveness of an Employee Assistance Program With Rational-Emotive Therapy

We propose that the emergence of employee assistance programs provides an opportunity for psychologists to demonstrate the financial utility of psychological services. A case example of cost-benefit study demonstrates that rational-emotive therapy applied as an in-house employee assistance program s...

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Published in:Professional psychology, research and practice research and practice, 1987-04, Vol.18 (2), p.140-144
Main Authors: Klarreich, Samuel H, DiGiuseppe, Raymond, DiMattia, Dominic J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Costs and Cost Analysis
Employee Assistance Programs
Human
Medical sciences
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotherapies. Psychological and clinical counseling
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
Treatments
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Summary:We propose that the emergence of employee assistance programs provides an opportunity for psychologists to demonstrate the financial utility of psychological services. A case example of cost-benefit study demonstrates that rational-emotive therapy applied as an in-house employee assistance program saved a corporation at least $2.74 for each dollar spent.
ISSN:0735-7028
1939-1323
DOI:10.1037/0735-7028.18.2.140