Activities

The activities of the Coalition for Access to Psychotherapy (CAP) focus on public education regarding psychotherapy services.

CAP also takes note of the steps taken by the Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services to implement a publicly-funded program for access to psychotherapy services.  

Public education regarding psychotherapy services and integration of services in the health care system.

CAP's activities include:

• informing the public that:
  • psychotherapy services often respond to the needs, the requests and the preferences of people who have mental health problems and their families;
  • psychotherapy services often constitute effective treatment for common mental health problems and help reduce complications associated with these problems;
  • psychotherapy services, by helping to improve the quality of mental healthcare, represent one of the strategies to prevent suicide, certainly the worst consequence of mental health problems;

• informing the public on the issues surrounding access to psychotherapy services:
  • the advantages for the individual, his or her family, and society in general of access to psychotherapy services;
  • the feasibility and social acceptability of implementing psychotherapy services based on an organization of services defined by collaboration between family doctors and psychologists or psychotherapists;
  • the conclusions of studies conducted by researchers demonstrating the cost-benefits of improved access to psychotherapy services.