OBJECTIVES To identify ethical dilemmas experienced by occupational and physical therapists working in the UK National Health Service (NHS). To compare ethical contexts, themes and principles across the two groups. DESIGN A structured questionnaire was circulated to the managers of occupational and physical therapy services in England and Wales. SUBJECTS The questionnaires were given to 238...

The effect of therapists in psychotherapy is a much debated topic, with a number of studies showing therapist variance being large while other studies show little or no variability in outcomes due to therapists. The aim of this study was to investigate therapist effects in a well-defined sample of patients and therapists from an outpatient service which specializes in providing cognitive behavi...

Cognitive therapists who treat drug-dependent patients are likely to lose at least 50 percent of their patients to dropout. This chapter has presented a cognitive model for conceptualizing missed sessions and dropout, along with strategies for reducing the likelihood of missed sessions and dropout. The following should serve to highlight these strategies. 1. Therapists are encouraged to offer w...