Therapist effects and IAPT Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWPs): A multilevel modelling and mixed methods analysis

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 43-54

  Green, Helen ^a   Barkham, Michael ^a,b   Kellett, Stephen ^a,b,c   Saxon, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

IAPT; Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners; Resilience; Therapist effects

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EGO; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER 7; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTUITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; SELF HELP; VERY ELDERLY; ANXIETY; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907623289     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2014.08.009     Document Type: Article

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