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Evidence Based Counselling and Psychological Therapies: Research and Applications
Author(s): Nancy Rowland (Editor), Stephen Goss
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 4 Jan. 2002
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 234 pages
- ISBN-10: 0415205077
- ISBN-13: 9780415205078
Book Description
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.
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About the Author
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.
