Posts for the “E. What is going wrong….” category
Work capability assessments for those with NICE/DSM defined mental illness
by Julia Evans on October 27, 2013
Comments on: ‘People with mental illness need help to get back to work – but coercion is wrong. We have to do more to help find jobs, without setting people up (…)
Recommended blog: Are we really improving access to psychological therapies? The Changing Political Environment of Counselling and Psychotherapy
by Julia Evans on January 23, 2013
Available here or here: are we really improving access to psychological therapies? This is not only recommended, you are invited to join in by posting – see the end statement. About this blog: (…)
…diagnosis itself and its usefulness and validity are under question and may need discarding completely: Inquiry into the ‘Schizophrenia’ Label
by Julia Evans on December 6, 2012
The Inquiry into the ‘Schizophrenia’ Label (ISL) : ‘However, our preliminary findings show that the diagnosis itself and its usefulness and validity are under question and may need discarding completely. The (…)
Jumbled thoughts following the Alliance for Counselling and Psychotherapy’s rally
by Julia Evans on December 3, 2012
These are subjective impressions – they are my way of making sense of the conversations during yesterday’s Alliance’s (Strap line: Supporting diversity, responsibility, autonomy and innovation in the psychological therapies) rally: (…)
What the Government’s strategy of implementation by force produces – fear, and worse
by Julia Evans on December 1, 2012
Hello, I wrote this in 2009, and the analysis (see list of contents below) of what is happening holds good. I particularly recommend the sections which examine Willem Buiter’s analysis (…)
‘Will you walk into my parlour?’ said the spider to the fly: An invitation from the Government-guaranteed supplier of risk-free treatments.
by Julia Evans on December 1, 2012
The Government’s favoured supplier now goes into Kent by invitation…….. This is so corrupt words are failing me. If you are a practitioner, please note: This is payment-by-results – you (…)
Comments on the commissioning of IAPT+
by Arthur Musgrave on December 1, 2012
This is my concerned account of the local (Bristol and South Gloucestershire) introduction of IAPT+ (Increased Access to Psychology Therapies – Plus) at the beginning of November. Although an improvement (…)
The unholy alliance between the Government (NHS Commissioning Boards) & its preferred suppliers of Wellbeing or Mental Health
by Julia Evans on November 26, 2012
One of the Government Risk-Free suppliers, touts for more business to maximise his profits This is how outcome measurements totally inappropriately drive a business, sucking Government funding away from practitioners (…)
Comparison of cognitive-behaviour therapy with psychoanalytic and psychodynamic therapy for depressed patients – A three-year follow-up study : Dorothea Huber, Johannes Zimmermann, Gerhard Henrich, Guenther Klug : 17th November 2012
by Julia Evans on November 17, 2012
Published in German : Vergleich von kognitiver Verhaltenstherapie mit analytischer und tiefenpsychologisch fundierter Psychotherapie bei depressiven Patienten – Eine Dreijahreskatamnese-Studie : Z Psychosom Med Psychother 58, p299–316 : 2012 Published (…)
Happiness is too close to hedonism : George Vaillent : Comment on ‘Today programme’
by Julia Evans on November 14, 2012
Quick post! In the past I have circulated (before the days of LW) many commentaries on the Government’s bonkers clinic of ‘Happiness’. I will be posting Willem Buiter’s (a former (…)
