Posts for the “Evidence base for treatments (NICE)” category
Quote: ….. is one of extreme pragmatism based on a cost-benefit analysis that apparently excludes moral accounting : The Guardian
by Julia Evans on February 14, 2015
I have decided to resurrect ‘Quotable Quotes’. Usually, this is because something strikes me as immediately relevant to the bonkers way successive Governments have interfered in the place known as (…)
How are Freud & Lacan evidence-based?
by Julia Evans on September 15, 2014
This material is taken from notes I made before the Saturday 6th September meeting. They have been expanded to include comments from the group, for which my thanks. My project, (…)
…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: (…)
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 (…)
I would love to meet you at ‘The Future of Counselling & Psychotherapy : Rally & Conference’ 2nd December 2012 in London N17
by Julia Evans on November 10, 2012
Dear Alliance Supporters, Are You Coming To Our Conference? Sunday 2nd December 2012 From 9.30am at the Selby Centre, London N17 8JL Location: The Selby Centre is a former Tottenham secondary (…)
Letter to the Guardian: Cut-price therapy and the trauma underlying mental ill health
by Julia Evans on November 8, 2012
Some more on taint or stigma and the Government’s use of power. My recent posting is also relevant, available here The pot (HM’s Opposition party) calls the kettle (Celebrity culture) (…)
The pot (HM’s Opposition party) calls the kettle (Celebrity culture) black & its relation to the Government’s production of taint in its clinic of Mental Health: 2 new posts: Reminder – conference on current issues on Sunday December 2nd
by Julia Evans on November 1, 2012
A) details of two new posts on LacanianWorks B) A reminder of the conference on 2nd December 2012 which is about finding a way forward. C) A reminder of your (…)
