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Among women with trauma histories referred to a specialist mental health clinic, psychotherapy utilization is high and often long-term, yet there remain significant gaps in access to trauma-specific treatments. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To describe psychotherapy utilization patterns, including treatment modality, duration, and patient satisfaction, among women with trauma histories referred to a specialist mental health clinic.

September 2, 2026Australasian PsychiatryOpen Access

Patterns of psychotherapy utilisation among women with trauma histories referred to a specialist women’s mental health clinic: A retrospective, cross-sectional study

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GBGeorgia Bridgeman LGLakshini Gunasekera JKJayashri Kulkarni

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Retrospective cross-sectional study reveals extensive psychotherapy use among women with trauma histories attending a specialist clinic, highlighting gaps in long-term, trauma-specific care.

Key Points

To describe psychotherapy utilization patterns, including treatment modality, duration, and patient satisfaction, among women with trauma histories referred to a specialist mental health clinic.
Single-centre, retrospective, cross-sectional review of clinical records for 308 women attending a bulk-billed specialist mental health clinic between January 2016 and June 2025.
Extracted demographic, diagnostic, and therapy characteristics, analyzing associations using Pearson chi-square tests.
Overall, 74.0% of women had accessed psychotherapy—predominantly non-specific therapy (63.6%) and cognitive behaviour therapy (32.5%)—with 50.0% of users engaged for over 5 years.
Trauma was reported by 83.8% of participants and was significantly associated with psychotherapy use (p = .013), driven primarily by emotional abuse (p = .043) and peer bullying (p = .019).
Satisfaction with psychotherapy was positive for 74.1%, mixed for 15.4%, and negative for 10.5%, with university-level education also significantly associated with utilization (p < .001).

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Bridgeman et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a97e275c562ede874ec6965 https://doi.org/10.1177/10398562261481734

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September 2, 2026Australasian PsychiatryOpen Access

Patterns of psychotherapy utilisation among women with trauma histories referred to a specialist women’s mental health clinic: A retrospective, cross-sectional study

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Authors

GBGeorgia Bridgeman LGLakshini Gunasekera JKJayashri Kulkarni

Discussion

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Overview

Retrospective cross-sectional study reveals extensive psychotherapy use among women with trauma histories attending a specialist clinic, highlighting gaps in long-term, trauma-specific care.

Key Points

To describe psychotherapy utilization patterns, including treatment modality, duration, and patient satisfaction, among women with trauma histories referred to a specialist mental health clinic.
Single-centre, retrospective, cross-sectional review of clinical records for 308 women attending a bulk-billed specialist mental health clinic between January 2016 and June 2025.
Extracted demographic, diagnostic, and therapy characteristics, analyzing associations using Pearson chi-square tests.
Overall, 74.0% of women had accessed psychotherapy—predominantly non-specific therapy (63.6%) and cognitive behaviour therapy (32.5%)—with 50.0% of users engaged for over 5 years.
Trauma was reported by 83.8% of participants and was significantly associated with psychotherapy use (p = .013), driven primarily by emotional abuse (p = .043) and peer bullying (p = .019).
Satisfaction with psychotherapy was positive for 74.1%, mixed for 15.4%, and negative for 10.5%, with university-level education also significantly associated with utilization (p < .001).

Cite This Study

Bridgeman et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a97e275c562ede874ec6965 https://doi.org/10.1177/10398562261481734

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