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Psychotherapy under national health insurance: Ten years of Canadian experience

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Canadian psychiatrists have worked under National Health Insurance since 1969–1970. The removal of the economic barrier to treatment has produced a system under which practitioners can rationally prescribe treatment for all socioeconomic groups. In particular, long-term psychotherapy is now open, in principle, to all who can benefit from it. Comprehensive coverage of psychiatric care makes clinical sense, but leaves the physician with a serious social responsibility in determining the profile of his practice.

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  1. Dept. of Psychiatry, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal

    J. Paris M.D. (Director of Residency Training)

  2. McGill University, Montreal

    J. Paris M.D. (Director of Residency Training)

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Paris, J. Psychotherapy under national health insurance: Ten years of Canadian experience. Psych Quart 53, 21–25 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01065091

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