79762 20201118144703.0 doi 10.1371/journal.pone.0218117 sideral 112662 ART-2019-112662 eng (orcid)0000-0002-7293-318X Osma, J. Universidad de Zaragoza What format of treatment do patients with emotional disorders prefer and why? Implications for public mental health settings and policies 2019 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Objective We analyzed the preference of three psychological intervention formats-individual, group, and online-in a sample of 267 patients with a primary diagnosis of emotional disorder in Spanish public mental health settings. Method We studied patients'' preferences considering sociodemographic characteristics, diagnoses, history of psychological treatments, number of sessions, and satisfaction with past interventions. Results Most participants (85.4%) preferred psychological treatment in an individual format, 14.2% in group, and 0.4% online. When comparing the people who chose individual and group treatment, no demographic or clinical differences were found. The arguments against group format were the lack of privacy and expression difficulties. Regarding online format, these included being considered impersonal and ineffective. Conclusion The rejection of group and online psychotherapy formats allows us to define the actions we should carry out in public mental health settings to improve the acceptance of more cost-effective therapy formats. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S31-17D info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/ISCIII-FIS/PI17-00320 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 2.74 2019 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES 27 / 71 = 0.38 2019 Q2 T2 1.023 2019 Multidisciplinary 2019 Q1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Suso-Ribera, C. (orcid)0000-0002-2437-1207 Peris-Baquero, O. (orcid)0000-0001-8261-058X Gil-Lacruz, M. Universidad de Zaragoza Perez-Ayerra, L. Ferreres-Galan, V. Torres-Alfosea, M.A. Lopez-Escriche, M. Dominguez, O. 4009 740 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Psicología y Sociología Área Psicología Social 4009 680 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Psicología y Sociología Área Person.Eval.Trat.Psicoló. 14, 6 (2019), 0218117 [14 pp] PLoS One PloS one 1932-6203 528688 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/79762/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 91152 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/79762/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:79762 articulos driver 2020-11-18-14:42:43 ARTICLE