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CBT and the challenge of primary care: developing effective, efficient, equitable, acceptable and accessible services for common mental health problems
- Author:
- WHITE Jim
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Public Mental Health, 7(1), August 2008, pp.32-41.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Recent guidelines suggest that cognitive behavioural therapy has a pivotal role to play in the treatment of common mental health problems. There is a danger that we ask for 'more of the same' instead of looking at all the current limitations preventing individuals from accessing appropriate help. This paper suggests that progress in primary care mental health has been much more limited than mental health workers and, in particular, researchers often acknowledge. It looks at the major obstacles barring the way to the development of services that could meet the needs of the very large number of people in our communities with common mental health problems.
Cognitive behavioural computer therapy for the anxiety disorders: a pilot study
- Authors:
- WHITE Jim, JONES Ray, McGARRY Eiledh
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 9(5), October 2000, pp.505-516.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
As part of a wider attempt to improve treatment provision in primary care and to provide greater patient choice, a pilot study of a three session CD-ROM anxiety management programme was tested on carefully assessed and representative long-term sufferers of anxiety disorder living in an area of high social deprivation. The aim was to test whether a successful written package could be turned into an interactive computer package capable of providing a rapid, effective and inexpensive intervention to those patients who wish such an approach. Treatment outcome to 6-month follow-up suggests that this approach was effective and was welcomed by patients.