Améliorer l’accès aux psychothérapies au Québec et au Canada : réflexions et expériences de pays francophones

Disambiguation of psychotherapy: a search for meaning

“…For instance, in France, residents in psychiatry are not really trained in psychotherapy, nevertheless psychiatrists bear the title of psychotherapist without the need for additional training. 3…”

“…Clear requirements to be defined as a psychotherapist were introduced in Canada, 3 although the professionals involved vary from psychiatrists and psychologists to nurses and social workers. Continuous training is mandatory and is implemented by both the College of Psychology for the psychologists and other professionals practising psychotherapy and the College of Physicians for physicians practising psychotherapy.…”

“…Continuous training is mandatory and is implemented by both the College of Psychology for the psychologists and other professionals practising psychotherapy and the College of Physicians for physicians practising psychotherapy. 3…”

“…1,2 Several countries are attempting to address this crisis by increasing expenditure on mental health, particularly through public investment in the provision of psychotherapy services. This willingness to invest in publicly funded, evidence-based psychotherapy extends to many countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) 3 and other nations, such as China 4 and Zimbabwe. 5 Although the desire to effectively address mental illness is laudable, such investment is not straightforward.…”

“…For instance, current procedural terminology (CTP) codes are used by public and private health insurance in USA programmes for reporting services and procedures, and the Klassifikation therapeutischer Leistungen (KTL) is used as reference classification for psychotherapy interventions throughout Germany in different healthcare fields. 10 However, psychotherapy covers a very broad range of generally ill-defined activities 10 and the increasing allocation of public funds for psychotherapy 3,4,11–13 occurs in the absence of any internationally agreed classification of relevant interventions.…”