Towards a Mental Health System that Works

<p>Research has established that there are efficacious psychological therapies for most common mental disorders. In <i>Towards a Mental Health System That Works </i>psychologist Michael J Scott details the reforms necessary to ensure that consumers of services receive an evidence-based treatment.</p><p>This book examines:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>the social significance of interventions that target mental-wellbeing and psychological disorder </li> <p> </p> <li>why treatments are ‘lost in translation’ from research to routine practice </li> <p> </p> <li>steps that can be taken towards a translation that better recognises the complexity of research and ensures fidelity to an evidence-based treatment protocol </li> <p> </p> <li>the deleterious effects of current provision on clients and therapists. </li> </ul><p>Towards a Mental Health System that Works is a valuable resource for therapists mental health practitioners Clinical Commissioning Groups and politicians enabling them to critically evaluate service provision distil what constitutes cost-effective evidence-based mental health practice across the whole spectrum of disorders and client populations and chart a new direction. It also serves as a guide to consumers of mental health services as well as their friends and family allowing them to understand what they are likely to experience and what they can demand. </p>