Can paraprofessionals deliver cognitive-behavioral therapy to treat anxiety and depressive symptoms?

Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-62

  Montgomery, Erica C ^a   Kunik, Mark E ^a   Wilson, Nancy ^a   Stanley, Melinda A ^a   Weiss, Brandon ^a  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 77949679390     PISSN: 00259284     EISSN: 00259284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/bumc.2010.74.1.45     Document Type: Review

References (41)

1. Atkins, D.C., & Christensen, A. (2001). Is professional training worth the bother? A review of the impact of psychotherapy training on client outcome. Australian Psychologist, 36, 122-130.
2. Baker, K.D., & Neimeyer, R.A. (2003). Therapist training and client characteristics as predictors of treatment response to group therapy for depression. Psychotherapy Research, 13, 135-151.
3. Beck, A.T., Rush, A.J., Shaw, B.F. & Emery, G. (1979). Cognitive therapy of depression. New York: Guilford Press.
4. Beck, J.S. (1995). Cognitive therapy: Basics and beyond. New York: Guilford Press. 338 p.
5. Berman, J.S., & Norton, N.C. (1985). Does professional training make a therapist more effective? Psychological Bulletin, 98, 401-407.
6. Bright, J.I., Baker, K.D., & Neimeyer, R.A. (1999). Professional and paraprofessional group treatments for depression: A comparison of cognitive-behavioral and mutual support interventions. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 67, 491-501.
7. Carey, M.P., & Burish, T.G. (1987). Providing relaxation training to cancer chemotherapy patients: A comparison of three delivery techniques. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 55, 732-737.
8. Christensen, A., & Jacobson, N.S. (1994). Who (or what) can do psychotherapy: The status and challenge of nonprofessional therapies. Psychological Science, 5, 8-14.
9. Corrigan, P. (2004). How stigma interferes with mental health care. American Journal of Psychology, 59, 614-625.
10. Davis, P. (1996). Depressed elderly who cares? Australian Nursing Journal, 3, 22-24.
11. Davison, G.C. (2000). Stepped care: Doing more with less? Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 580-585.
12. den Boer, P.C., Wiersma, D., Russo, S., & van den Bosch, R.J. (2005). Paraprofessionals for anxiety and depressive disorders. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2, CD004688.
13. Durlak, J.A. (1979). Comparative effectiveness of paraprofessional and professional helpers. Psychological Bulletin, 86, 80-92.
14. Endler, N.S., Hunt, J.McV., & Rosenstein, A.J. (1962). An SR inventory of anxiousness. Psychological Monographs, 76, 536.
15. Faust, D., & Zlotnick, C. (1995). Another dodo bird verdict? Revisiting the comparative effectiveness of professional and paraprofessional therapists. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 2, 157-167.
16. Guyatt, G.H., Sackett, D.L., & Cook, D.J. (1994). Users' guides to the medical literature:II. How to use an article about therapy or prevention: B. What were the results and will they help me in caring for my patients? Journal of the American Medical Association, 271, 59-63.
17. Haaga, D.A.F. (2000). Introduction to the special section on stepped care models in psychotherapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 547-548.
18. Hattie, J.A., Sharpley, C.F., & Rogers, H.J. (1984). Comparative effectiveness of professional and paraprofessional helpers. Psychological Bulletin, 95, 534-541.
19. Hogan, M.F. (2003). New Freedom Commission Report: The President's New Freedom Commission: Recommendations to transform mental health care in America. Psychiatric Services, 54, 1467-1474.
20. Hoyt, D.R., Conger, R.D., Valde, J.G., & Weihs, K. (1997). Psychological distress and help seeking in rural America. American Journal of Community Psychology, 25, 449-470.
21. Lambert, M.J. (2005). Early response in psychotherapy: Further evidence for the importance of common factors rather than "placebo effects." Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61, 855-869.
22. Lieberman, M.A., & Bliwise, N.G. (1985). Comparisons among peer and professionally directed groups for the elderly: Implications for the development of self-help groups. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 35, 155-175., 155-175.
23. Musser-Granski, J., & Carrillo, D.F. (1997). The use of bilingual, bicultural paraprofessionals in mental health services: Issues for hiring, training, and supervision. Community Mental Health Journal, 33(1), 51-60.
24. Nathan, P.E., & Gorman, J.M. (1998). A guide to treatments that work. New York: Oxford University Press.
25. Newman, M.G. (2000). Recommendations for a cost-offset model of psychotherapy allocation using generalized anxiety disorder as an example. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 549-555.
26. Nietzel, M.T., & Fisher, S.G. (1981). Effectiveness of professional and paraprofessional helpers: A comment on Durlak. Psychology Bulletin, 89, 555-565.
27. Paul, G.L. (1966). Insight versus desensitization in psychotherapy : An experiment in anxiety reduction. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
28. Rehm, L.P., & O'Hara, M.W. (1985). Item characteristics of the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 19, 31-41.
29. Russell, R.K., & Wise, F. (1976). Treatment of speech anxiety by cue-controlled relaxation and desensitization with professional and paraprofessional counselors. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 23, 583-586.
30. Shelton, J.L., & Madrazo-Peterson, R. (1978). Treatment outcome and maintenance in systematic desensitization: Professional versus paraprofessional effectiveness. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 25, 331-335.
31. th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.
32. Stein, D.M., & Lambert, M.J. (1984). On the relationship between therapist experience and psychotherapy outcome. Clinical Psychology Review, 4, 127-142.
33. Stein, D.M., & Lambert, M.J. (1995). Graduate training in psychotherapy: Are therapy outcomes enhanced? Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 63, 182-196.
34. Suinn, R.M. (1969). The STABS, a measure of test anxiety for behavior therapy: Normative data. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 7, 334-339.
35. Taylor, J.A. (1963). A personality scale of manifest anxiety. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 48, 285-290.
36. Thompson, L.W., Gallagher, D., Nies, G., & Epstein, D. (1983). Evaluation of the effectiveness of professionals and nonprofessionals as instructors of "coping with depression" classes for elders. Gerontologist, 23, 390-396.
37. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2001). Mental health: Culture, race, and ethnicity - A supplement to mental health: A report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services.
38. Vega, W.A., & Lopez, S.R. (2001). Priority issues in Latino mental health research. Mental Health Services Research, 3, 189-200.
39. Wade, C., & Tavris, C. (1999). Invitation to psychology. New York: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers, Inc.
40. Weisz, J.R., Weiss, B., Han, S.S., Granger, D.A., & Morton, T. (1995). Effects of psychotherapy with children and adolescents revisited: A meta-analysis of treatment outcome studies. Psychology Bulletin, 117, 450-468.
41. Wood, V. Wylie, M.L., & Sheafor, B. (1969). An analysis of a short self-report measure of life satisfaction: Correlation with rater judgments. Journal of Gerontology, 24, 465-469.