Evidence-based mental health care /
Simon Hatcher, Rob Butler, Mark Oakley-Browne.
- Edinburgh : Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone, c2005.
- v, 161 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction - Why evidence - based mental health care? - 2. Formulating answerable questions. - 3. Searching the mental health literature. - 4. What is the best treatment. - 5. Systematic reviews and meta-analysis. - 6. Putting evidence to use - clinical practice guidelines. - 7. What is the cause? - 8. What is going to happen to me? Prognostic studies in mental health. - 9. Critical appraisal of psychiatric rating scales, diagnostic tests, and clinical decision rules. - 10. Critical appraisal of qualitative research. - 11. What to do if there is no evidence. - 12. Putting it all together - practicing evidence-based mental health care.