Evidence Based Counselling and Psychological Therapies : Research and Applications

ISBN-13: 9780415205061 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 234 str.

Nancy Rowland;Stephen Goss;Nancy Rowland

Opis

Evidence-Based Counselling and Psychological Therapies assesses the impact of the international drive towards evidence-based health care on NHS policy and the provision of the psychological services in the NHS.
An outstanding range of contributors provide an overview of evidence-based health care and the research methods that underpin it, demonstrating its effect on policy, provision, practitioners and patients. Their thought-provoking chapters look at a variety of relevant issues including:
* generating and implementing evidence
* cost-effectiveness issues
* practical guidelines
* practitioner research
Evidence-Based Counselling and Psychological Therapies is essential for mental health professionals and trainees concerned with this movement which is having, and will continue to have a huge impact on the purchasing, provision and practice of health care.

Spis treści

Part 1 What is evidence-based health care?; Chapter 1 Evidence-based psychological therapies, Nancy Rowland, Stephen Goss; Chapter 2 The drive towards evidence-based health care, Mark Baker, Jos Kleijnen; Chapter 3 Towards evidence-based health care, Brian Ferguson, Ian Russell; Chapter 4 Economics issues, Alan Maynard; Chapter 5 Evidence-based psychotherapy, Glenys Parry; Part 2 Generating the evidence; Chapter 6 Randomised controlled trials and the evaluation of psychological therapy, Peter Bower, Michael King; Chapter 7 The contribution of qualitative research to evidence-based counselling and psychotherapy, John McLeod; Chapter 8 Rigour and relevance, Michael Barkham, John Mellor-Clark; Part 3 Synthesising the evidence; Chapter 9 Systematic reviews in mental health, Simon Gilbody, Amanda Sowden; Chapter 10 Clinical practice guidelines development in evidence-based psychotherapy, John Cape, Glenys Parry; Chapter 11 Getting evidence into practice, Stephen Goss, Nancy Rowland;

O autorze

Nancy Rowland is the Research & Development Facilitator at York NHS Trust and is Head of Communication/Dissemination at the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination at the University of York. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling’s Research & Evaluation Committee.,
Stephen Goss is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Strathclyde, a Counsellor at Napier University and a qualified counselling supervisor. He is a member of the British Association for Counselling Practice Development Committee and Chair of their Research and Evaluation Committee.