Developing and Delivering Practice-Based Evidence

List of Contributors. Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. SECTION I: EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE AND PRACTICE-BASEDEVIDENCE. 1 The Current View of Evidence and Evidence-Based Practice(Peter Bower and Simon Gilbody). 2 Building a Rigorous and Relevant Knowledge Base for thePsychological Therapies (Michael Barkham, William B. Stiles,Michael J. Lambert and John Mellor-Clark). SECTION II: METHODOLOGICAL PLURALISM FOR INDIVIDUALPRACTITIONERS. 3 Scientific, Practical and Personal Decisions in SelectingQualitativeMethods (Nancy Pistrang and Chris Barker). 4 Theory-Building Case Studies as Practice-Based Evidence(William B. Stiles). 5 Single Case Quantitative Methods for Practice-Based Evidence(Dean McMillan and Stephen Morley). SECTION III: MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL PRACTITIONERSAND SERVICES. 6 Outcome Questionnaire System (The OQ System): Development andPractical Applications in Healthcare Settings (Michael J.Lambert, Nathan B. Hansen and S. Cory Harmon). 7 Treatment Outcome Package (TOP) - Development and use inNaturalistic Settings (David Kraus and Louis G.Castonguay). 8 Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation (CORE) - The COREMeasures and System:Measuring,Monitoring andManaging QualityEvaluation in the Psychological Therapies (Michael Barkham, JohnMellor-Clark, Janice Connell, Chris Evans, Richard Evans and FrankMargison). SECTION IV: MONITORING STRATEGIES FOR INDIVIDUALPRACTITIONERS AND SERVICES. 9 Using Benchmarks and Benchmarking to Improve Quality ofPractice and Services (Robert J. Lueger and MichaelBarkham). 10 Constructing and DisseminatingOutcome Data at the ServiceLevel: Case Tracking and Benchmarking(Chris Leach and WolfgangLutz). SECTION V: MANAGING IMPROVEMENT VIA ORGANIZATIONS ANDPRACTICE NETWORKS. 11 Organizational and Conceptual Framework for Practice-BasedResearch on the Effectiveness of Psychotherapy and PsychotherapyTraining (Robert Elliott and Alberto Zucconi). 12 Practice Research Networks and Psychological ServicesResearch in the UK and USA (Glenys Parry, Louis G. Castonguay,Tom D. Borkovec and Abraham W. Wolf). SECTION VI: DEVELOPING AND DELIVERIPRACTICE-BASEDEVIDENCE. 13 Improving Practice and Enhancing Evidence (MichaelBarkham, Gillian E. Hardy and John Mellor-Clark). Index.