Another dodo bird verdict? revisiting the comparative effectiveness of professional and paraprofessional therapists

Faust, David; Zlotnick, Caron

doi:10.1002/cpp.5640020303

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“…Only two studies have found no signifi cant difference between self-help programs involving telephone contact and completely self-administered programs, or a wait list condition (Mead et al, 2005;. There is also considerable data indicating that paraprofessionals can be just as effective as professionals in providing viable therapy options (Boisvert & Faust, 2003;Christensen & Jacobson, 1994;Faust & Zlotnick, 1995).…”

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Effectiveness of bibliotherapy self‐help for depression with varying levels of telephone helpline support

Bilich

Deane

Phipps³

et al. 2008

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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The effectiveness of a cognitive behavioural bibliotherapy self-help package, with varied levels of telephone support, delivered through a mental health telephone service was examined with 84 mildly to moderately depressed adults. The study compared the changes in depressive symptoms of three groups: control, self help with minimal contact and self-help with telephone assistance. Both the minimal contact and the assisted self-help groups had significant reductions in their levels of depression compared with the control group. Treatment gains were maintained at a 1-month follow-up. The potential of self-help resources such as this to be successfully disseminated and delivered through a national mental health telephone information service is discussed.

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confidence: 95%

Effectiveness of bibliotherapy self‐help for depression with varying levels of telephone helpline support

Bilich

Deane

Phipps³

et al. 2008

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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“…In building effective therapeutic relationships, personal attributes are often more important than technical skills learned in professional training. Faust and Zlotnick (1995) found that adequately supervised unqualified staff delivered psychological care as effectively as professionally trained staff. Humble practitioners might agree with Pashley’s (1992) observation that mental health practice relies on common sense as much as theoretical knowledge.…”

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An extra pair of hands? A case study of the introduction of support workers in community mental health teams for older adults

McCrae

Banerjee²,

Murray

et al. 2008

Journal of Nursing Management

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Promoting diversity of skills in the mental health workforce is a progressive move in tuning services to the heterogenous needs of clients in the community. However, introducing unqualified workers into multi-disciplinary teams necessitates clear guidance to prevent their activity being confined within existing professional models. Support workers offer much potential in innovative service delivery.

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“…diagnosis) did not appear consistently better than inexperienced participants (e.g. Ebling & Levenson, 2003; see Garb, 1989, for a review and for critiques Berman & Norton, 1985;Durlak, 1979;Faust & Zlotnick, 1995;Strasser & Gruber, 2004). Although some research suggests training improves diagnosis (e.g.…”

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Memory for Patient Information as a Function of Experience in Mental Health

Marsh

Ahn

2012

Applied Cognitive Psychology

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Summary Mental health clinicians are tasked to diagnose and treat the millions of people worldwide seeking help for mental health issues. This paper investigates the memory clinicians have for patient information. We hypothesize that clinicians encapsulate mental health knowledge through experience into more abstract concepts, as in other domains changing what clinicians remember about patients compared with non-professionals. We tested memory for realistic patient–therapist interactions in experienced clinicians, intermediately trained graduate students, and laypeople. Clinicians recalled fewer facts than intermediate trainees and as many as laypeople. Furthermore, clinicians reported more abstracted information than all other participants, providing the first empirical demonstration of knowledge encapsulation in the memory of mental health clinicians. We discuss how our results fit into the existing literature on clinical expertise in mental health and the implications of our findings for future research relevant to mental health care.

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Another dodo bird verdict? revisiting the comparative effectiveness of professional and paraprofessional therapists

Cited by 22 publications

References 36 publications

Effectiveness of bibliotherapy self‐help for depression with varying levels of telephone helpline support

Effectiveness of bibliotherapy self‐help for depression with varying levels of telephone helpline support

An extra pair of hands? A case study of the introduction of support workers in community mental health teams for older adults

Memory for Patient Information as a Function of Experience in Mental Health

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