Person-Centred Practice at the Difficult Edge
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The Client-Centred Therapist in Psychiatric Contexts: A therapists’ guide to the psychiatric landscape and its inhabitants
This book has been written by Lisbeth Sommerbeck. The publishers say: “Why do not more client-centred therapists work in psychiatric settings? Whatever the answer, this book is a solid attempt to pave the way for a greater involvement. Lisbeth Sommerbeck…
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“Do antidepressants work?” A humanistic perspective
This article by Prof. Lisa Cosgrove was first published in The Humanistic Psychologist. The abstract says: “Since the approval of fluoxetine in 1987, there have been contentious debates about whether antidepressants ‘work.’ A recent meta-analysis on the efficacy and tolerability…
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Housing First
Rough sleepers are amongst those who tend to “fall through the cracks” when it comes to mental healthcare services. For example, homeless people are almost 40 times more likely not to be registered with a GP than members of the…
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Contextualizing science in the aftermath of the evidence-based medicine era: on the need for person-centered healthcare
The issues surrounding so-called “evidence-based” practice are relevant to healthcare generally, and perhaps especially relevant to mental healthcare. The same applies to the key importance of contextualisation. The article cited above – Contextualizing science in the aftermath of the evidence-based medicine…
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Humanising Psychiatry and Mental Health Care: The Challenge of the Person-Centred Approach
The publishers say: “This book explores, in depth, the link between modern psychiatric practice and the person-centred approach. It promotes an open dialogue between traditional rivals – counsellors and psychiatrists within the NHS – to assist greater understanding and improve…
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PSYCHLOPS (Psychological Outcome Profiles)
PSYCHLOPS (Psychological Outcome Profiles) is a short, one page mental health outcome measure that can be used during the course of any psychotherapeutic intervention. It promotes a patient-centred definition of therapy outcome, is patient-generated and can be self-completed. It’s not intended…
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Clarifying the concepts, epistemology and lexicon of person-centeredness
The full title of this editorial in the European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare is “Clarifying the concepts, epistemology and lexicon of person-centeredness: an essential pre-requisite for the effective operationalization of PCH within modern healthcare systems” Written by Andrew Miles and…
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Person-Centered Healthcare. How to Practise and Teach PCH
Published in 2016, and edited by Prof. Andrew Miles, the publishers of this book say: “Despite exponential increases in biomedical and technological advance over the 100 years that have radically transformed the scope, possibility and power of clinical practice, there…
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Person-Centred Healthcare Research
Person-Centred Healthcare Research, edited by Brendan McCormack, Sandra van Dulmen, Hilde Eide, Kirsti Skovdahl, and Tom Eide (2017) … The publishers say: “Person–Centred Healthcare Research provides an innovative and novel approach to exploring a range of research designs and methodological…
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