Whitty Paula, Eccles Martin (eds.) Clinical Practice Guidelines in Mental Health: A Guide to Their Use in Improving Care

CRC Press, 2004. — 136 p. — ISBN 978-1-85775-837-5.This book describes the user-focused action evaluation approach for evaluating health programmes policies and changes. It shows that evidence for making decisions can be gathered using a broader range of methods than is usually recognised in healthcare. In asking 'evaluation for whom and for what?' the book defines validity of evidence in relation to usefulness as well as in terms of whether systematic methods were followed. Managers practitioners policy makers researchers and students will find this a practical and readable book. It gives the tools to make sense of an evaluation quickly as well as guidance for carrying one out and ensuring that evaluators gather evidence which can be used for better informed decisions.The potential benefits, limitations and harms of clinical practice guidelines
Developing guidelines
Health economics and clinical practice guidelines
The legal status of clinical practice guidelines
Using clinical practice guidelines
The Mental Health Technology Appraisal and Clinical
Guidelines Programmes of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence for England and Wales
Mental health guidelines development in Scotland
The National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health
Using mental health guidelines in the NHS: views from a specialist mental health trust
Using mental health guidelines in primary care: the example of depression management
Postscript