Can CORE assessment data identify those clients less likely to benefit from brief counselling in primary care?

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 223-230

  Saxon, David ^a,b   Ivey, Catherine ^a   Young, Tracey ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brief counselling; outcome measurement; practice based evidence; primary care mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DATA QUALITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 77649247260     PISSN: 14733145     EISSN: 17461405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733140802163872     Document Type: Article

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