Resources

• Improving Access to Psychological Therapies website

  Website with information about the Care Services Improvement Partnership programme Improving Access to Psychological Therapies. The main aim of the work is:

  • helping people with depression and anxiety disorders
  • giving them a choice of treatments for the first time
  • using evidence based therapies
  • measuring people’s recovery

  Credit: Care Services Improvement Partnership

• Talking therapies

  Information about talking therapies from the Mental Health Foundation.

  Credit: Mental Health Foundation

• Campaigning for talking therapies

  Information about Campaigning for talking therapies from Rethink.

  Credit: Rethink

• An overview of psychotherapy

  Excellent overview of the many different types of psychotherapy and sources of support for people wishing to overcome emotional problems.

  Credit: Royal College of Psychiatrists

• Computerised cognitive behaviour therapy for depression and anxiety

  Evidence based technology appraisal from NICE recommend the options of psychological therapies and drugs for serious mental illness. NICE guidelines on depression state "cognitive -behavioural therapy should be offered as it is of equal effectiveness to anti-depressants".

  Credit: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

• Making sense of cognitive behaviour therapy

  This booklet is for anyone interested in knowing more about cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT). It explains who and what it's for, and how to find a therapist.

  Credit: MIND

• The Depression Report: A New Deal for Depression and Anxiety Disorders

  This report also known as the Layard Report recommends increasing access to psychological therapies, especially Computerised Behavioural Therapies (CBT) in order to help alleviate the suffering of people with mental health problems.

  Credit: Professor Lord Richard Layard, Centre for Economic Performance's Mental Health Policy group, London School of Economics

• The Case for Psychological Treatment Centres

  Summary to follow - http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/research/mentalhealth/RL447_version2.pdf

  Credit: Professor Lord Richard Layard, Centre for Economic Performance's Mental Health Policy group, London School of Economics

• The Provision of Psychotherapy - An International Comparison

  Summary to follow - http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/research/mentalhealth/StefanPriebe_provision-of-incapacity-benefit.pdf

  Credit: Stefan Priebe, Centre for Economic Performance's Mental Health Policy group, London School of Economics

• Alternative therapies leaflet

  Royal College of Psychiatrists leaflet on alternative therapies.

  Credit: Royal College of Psychiatrists

• British Complementary Medicine Association

  A non-profit making organisation which aims to promote the benefit of complementary medicine and support those who practice it.

  Credit: British Complementary Medicine Association

• The Princes Foundation for Integrated Health

  This website provides information about integration of complementary and conventional healthcare including their role in facilitating regulation, seminars and conferences and publications.

  Credit: The Prince's Foundation for Integrated Health

• Federation of Holistic Therapists

  The Federation seeks to promote the benefit of holistic treatments and support holistic therapists for the protection and benefit of the public.

  Credit: Federation of Holistic Therapists

• General Regulatory Council For Complementary Therapies

  The General Regulatory Council for Complementary Therapies (GRCCT) is an independent regulator responsible for overseeing a national register of of complementary therapists in the UK. It aims to protect the public by validating the status of all registered therapists and by providing a robust complaints procedure which in the event of a proven complaint has the option of removing the practitioner from the national register.

  Practitioners on the National Register agree to abide by a Code of Professional Conduct & Ethics, are answerable to the GRCCT Complaints and Disciplinary procedures, maintain their training and knowledge with continuing professional development and have in force professional indemnity and public liability insurance.

  The Complementary Therapies regulated by GRCCT are practised by in excess of 50,000 practitioners in the UK.

  Credit: General Regulatory Council for Complementary Therapies

• Complementary Therapies in Medicine

  A bi-monthly journal published by Churchill Livingstone.

  Credit: Churchill Livingstone

• Todays Therapist Magazine

  A bi-monthly magazine aimed at the therapist on all aspects of complementary health. Includes regular features on aromatherapy & essential oils.