Evidence-Based Counselling and Psychological Therapies

Evidence-Based Counselling and Psychological Therapies 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 psychological services in the NHS. An outstanding range of contributors provides an overview of evidencebased 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 • practice 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. 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. Evidence-Based Counselling and Psychological Therapies Research and applications Edited by Nancy Rowland and Stephen Goss London and Philadelphia First published 2000 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Taylor & Francis Inc 325 Chestnut Street, 8th Floor, Philadelphia PA 19106 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2001. © 2000 Nancy Rowland and Stephen Goss, editorial matter and selection; the contributors, individual chapters. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Evidence-based counselling and psychological therapies : research and applications / edited by Nancy Rowland and Stephen Goss. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Psychotherapy–Outcome assessment–Great Britain. 2. Mental health policy–Great Britain. 3. Evidence-based medicine–Great Britain. 4. National Health Service (Great Britain)–Administration. I. Rowland, Nancy, 1954– II. Goss, Stephen, 1966– RC480.75 .E95 2000 362.2`0941–dc21 00–021257 ISBN 0–415–20506–9 (hbk) ISBN 0–415–20507–7 (pbk) ISBN 0-203-13160-6 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-18546-3 (Glassbook Format) ... - tailieumienphi.vn