Social class and group therapy in a working class population

Abstract

In a clinic in which the assignment of patients to therapy was demonstrated as not affected by social class and in which no patient was excluded as unsuitable, 45% of those referred to group therapy stayed 2 or more years. The only category that consistently correlated with not remaining in treatment was that of unemployment. When unemployed persons were included there appeared to be a significant correlation between a stay of 2 or more years and social class. When only employed persons were considered, this significance disappeared.

Should the poor have no medicines to cure? A study on the association between social class and social security among the rural migrant workers in urban China

“…Clinically, social class had association with the use of dental care under prepayment [ 5 ], life expectancy and overall mortality [ 6 ]. Remedially, there was a significant correlation between assignment of patients to therapy and social class in the case of unemployed status [ 7 ]. Regarding health care, due to a relative lack of psychological, social and financial resources, people with low socioeconomic status coped less effectively with sudden changes in the provision of health services [ 8 ].…”