Reducing health inequalities trough digital options in mental health: A physician's perspective. Issue 2 (3rd April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Taiminen, Heini M.; Saraniemi, Saila; Joffe, Grigori; Stenberg, Jan-Henry; Parkinson, Joy
• Is Part Of: Health marketing quarterly. Volume 36:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 93
• Page End: 106
• Publication Date: 2019-04-03
• Subjects: cCBT -- health inequality -- health services -- health care provision -- mental health -- physicians; Medical care -- Marketing -- Periodicals; Medical instruments and apparatus industry -- Periodicals; Marketing of Health Services -- Periodicals; Periodicals -- Electronic full-text; 338.4761028
• DOI: 10.1080/07359683.2019.1575059
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0735-9683

Abstract

Abstract: This article explores the physicians' perspective regarding the potential of computerized cognitive behavioral therapies (cCBTs) to overcome inequalities in the context of mental health care provision. The main benefits were related to the ability of cCBTs to provide care in a convenient and efficient manner, enhancing its accessibility. These aspects were perceived more important than cost-effectivity of treatment, which is often claimed to be the key benefit of cCBTs. Age and general acceptance of CBT were the most significant individual-level separators of perceptions, while the sector in which the physician works was seen as the main structural-level separator.