Evidence Based Counselling and Psychological Therapies: Research and Applications

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415205077
• ISBN13: 9780415205078
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.5"