Managing Your Waitlist: HOW TO TACKLE THE ETHICAL DILEMMAS

[...]since COVID, the landscape has changed: we now face the nationwide crisis of increased demand for mental health services and a shortage of therapists available for treatment. [...]finding an available therapist has become its own trial and burden. People seeking help are confronting a mental he...

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Published in:Psychotherapy networker 2022-07, Vol.46 (4), p.15-17
Main Author: Grodzki, Lyn N
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Ethics
Medicare
Social networks
Therapists
Therapy
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Summary:[...]since COVID, the landscape has changed: we now face the nationwide crisis of increased demand for mental health services and a shortage of therapists available for treatment. [...]finding an available therapist has become its own trial and burden. People seeking help are confronting a mental healthcare system at or beyond capacity, its inadequacy for this moment plainly exposed. Screening and Monitoring Careful screening is the best way for you to decide which callers have issues that need immediate care and prompt referrals out to a hospital, clinic, hotline, or other available provider-versus who is appropriate to wait for treatment.
ISSN:1535-573X