Table of Contents

Knowledge in the Human Sciences. Evidence in Mental Health - A Historical Analysis. Influence of Evidence on Mental Health Care over the Last 200 Years. The Influence of Evidence on Mental Health Care Developments in the UK Since 1980. The Influence and Role of Evident in the US. Evidence - The Postmodern Perspective. Randomised Controlled Trials - Misunderstanding, Fraud and Spin. Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis. Mental Health Service Research. Conceptual RCT Limitations. The Role of Qualitative Research Methods in Evidence Based Mental Health Care. Studying Psychiatric Practice without P-values. What is the Place of Anthropological Inquiry? Individual Case Studies. Applying the Evidence - Pharmocotherapy. The Outcome of Psychoanalysis. Applying the Evidence in Psychological Therapies. Evidence in Social Care - The Policy Context. The User/Survivor Perspective - What's Behind The ? The Policy Perspective - What Evidence in Influential? - The Researcher Perspective - Which Evidence Can Be Delivered? - Evidence in the 21st Century - The Way Forward.

About the Author

Stefan Priebeis Chair of Social and Community Psychiatry at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry.
Mike Sladeis Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, London.