Clinical Psychology Single-Case: A Practical Approach to Treatment Planning and Evaluation (Wiley Series in Clinical Psychology (Hardcover)) - Hardcover

This book focuses on the importance of learning from single case evaluation of the therapeutic process, an approach which is very appropriate to the current demand for evidence based, managed care. A practical and realistic approach for practitioners to combine their scientific and clinical objectives of advancing knowledge and improving treatment. Concise, practical book aimed at the professional in training and practice Includes qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis Focuses on single case design and evaluation as a key element in practising managed care, and controlled clinical treatment

Continuous improvement, in the quality and effectiveness oftherapy, is demanded by managers of health care, by patients and bytherapists themselves. The audit and evaluation of therapy is anessential step in this improvement, but the demands of ongoingclinical practice are difficult to reconcile with those oftraditional scientific evaluation. This book is meant to help thebusy practitioner, and student in training, to evaluate theirapproach or treatment formulation, as well as their process oftreatment, and key outcomes. The authors provide detailedguidelines on how to record diagnostic and treatment data fromsingle-case work and how to analyse that data, including the use ofcomputer processing. The focus on single-case study evaluationreflects the reality of clinical work for the individualpractitioner; it helps to relate to the needs of individualpatients, and helps therapists to make explicit the working theoryof treatment which guides their planning of therapy.

This book offers a theory-based framework to controlledpractice, a collaborative approach which involves therapists andpatients as partners in a continuous optimization of psychotherapy.The authors present here the concepts, tools and detaileddocumentation for a practice-based approach to quality improvementin psychotherapy, which features

• a method of relating the therapist's working theory orconceptual approach to the needs of a specific patient
• well-tried and practical documentation for problem analysis andtreatment planning
• a step-by-step guide to single-case analysis
• a documentation system for reviewing and improving therapy,that is, controlled practice.

All clinical psychologists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, mentalhealth nurses and counsellors who want to improve their ongoingclinical practice should read and use this book.

"This book will be an invaluable source of inspiration andpractical guidance for the clinician seeking to improve the qualityof psychotherapy with individual patients, through evaluation andcontrolled practice using single-case studies. Such approaches arenow increasingly recognised as valid scientific tools, withinresearch and evidence-based practice. This book helps to bridge thegap between the demands of scientists and practitioners." - MichaelBruch, Director of Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy Unit,University College London, UK