Patients and bloggers often complain about their GPs’ lack of understanding of mental health, so I was interested to come across an article recently that suggests some ways in which the work of GPs (primary care) could be better aligned with mental health care.
Posts Tagged ‘IAPT’
Alignment
Posted in For patients, Review, UK, tagged case study, CCGs, clinical commissioning groups, counseling, counselling, diagnosis, evidence, family, GPs, IAPT, mental health, mental illness, NHS, NICE, primary care, psychotherapy, recovery, secondary care, therapy, training on December 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Iceberg
Posted in For patients, Review, UK, tagged HPC, IAPT, mental health, mental illness, NHS on February 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The Chief Executive of the NHS, Sir David Nicholson, wrote to all the NHS Trusts yesterday to explain more about how the NHS in England will be changing over the next three years. His letter includes a timetable for the changes.
These changes are focussed on improving outcomes, on improving the quality of NHS care — care which currently results in a accelerating avalanche of complaints from patients and from the relatives of deceased ex-patients.
Outcomes
Posted in For patients, Review, UK, tagged BABCP, CBT, diagnosis, family, IAPT, mental health, mental illness, NHS, recovery, therapy, training on February 9, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Last week the UK government published its mental health strategy for England. It contains some good news for patients, and some not so good news. It has its critics and its supporters. Whatever your view of it, if your are involved in mental health in the UK its three simple principles are going to be important to you in the coming years.
If only
Posted in For therapists, Research, Review, UK, tagged IAPT, mental health, mental illness, NHS, psychotherapy, therapy on August 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In my analysis of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme’s recent data review, I was strict in my interpretation of the figures, and the final 4% success rate was a dismal result. It does no harm, and it might even do some good, to dream of what might have been.
Sums
Posted in For therapists, Research, Review, UK, tagged counseling, counselling, IAPT, mental health, mental illness, NHS, psychotherapy, therapy on August 9, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I’ve been doing my sums, making me feel as if I have come back from my summer hols to face some tedious maths coursework that has to be completed before term starts. But this was not coursework. It’s a review of the NHS initiative to improve access to psychological therapies, IAPT.
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Difficulties
Posted in CBT, For patients, Review, UK, tagged CBT, IAPT, mental health, mental illness, NHS, psychotherapy, therapy on June 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley was in Berkshire today. He made a speech promising that psychological therapies (the IAPT programme) would continue to be developed in the NHS.
That’s good news, isn’t it?
The plan
Posted in For therapists, Research, Review, UK, tagged BABCP, CBT, HPC, IAPT, mental health, mental illness, NHS, psychotherapy, therapy, training, UKCP on February 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hoping to raise its profile over the coming years, the BABCP has produced a 35-page development plan and is asking its members for feedback. However, the BABCP is a strange organization in that it does not actually exist for the benefit of its members, nor indeed of its members’ patients. This strangeness is reflected in the plan.
The field
Posted in bipolar, CBT, depression, For patients, For therapists, Review, Techniques, tagged anxiety, depression, IAPT, mental health, mental illness, NHS, psychotherapy, PTSD on December 15, 2009 | 8 Comments »
“In the field of mental health,” one might say, “depression and anxiety are common conditions…oh, and the effects of trauma, too.” However, this post is not about the field of mental health. It’s about a real field, the green and grassy kind.
Birmingham
Posted in CBT, For therapists, Research, Review, UK, tagged CBT, IAPT, mental health, mental illness, mindfulness, NHS, psychology, psychotherapy, therapy on December 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An old journal article that surfaced again recently criticized the value of CBT in the NHS, apparently with particular reference to Birmingham.
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