Resources for EBP

When thinking about what tools to use for all the types of information described, there are several considerations to take into account. They cannot all be met fully and compromises will always have to be made, since no perfect tool is ever likely to be created. Geoffrey Baruch at the Brandon Centre in London has pioneered the use of routine outcome monitoring in the context of outpatient psychodynamic psychotherapy services for young people. The proposed incorporation into the clinical sphere of work of a self-report form filled out by the young person and a form filled out by a significant other at intake, and then followed up periodically, posed the greatest difficulty for clinical practice. The psychotherapist can exclude young people who are unwilling to participate, or who are unable to fill in the form because they are severely disturbed and in crisis. Several young people with learning disabilities have been helped by their psychotherapist to read the questions.