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News Ptsd Treatment Cost-effective When Patients Given Choice

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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.”

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