Therapist effects and moderators of effectiveness and efficiency in psychological wellbeing practitioners: A multilevel modelling analysis

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 69, Issue , 2015, Pages 54-62

  Firth, Nick ^a   Barkham, Michael ^a,b   Kellett, Stephen ^b,c   Saxon, Dave ^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

Effectiveness; Efficiency; Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT); Low intensity; Multilevel modelling; Psychological wellbeing practitioners; Stepped care; Therapist effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING PRACTITIONER; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84927537767     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2015.04.001     Document Type: Article

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