My understanding of IAPT and the role of the PWP Brief history and Aim of The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) To decrease human suffering and economic loss Began in 2006 with demonstration sites in Doncaster and Newham Established in 2008 with the aim of establishing psychological therapy services Enable 900,000 extra people to receive evidence based, NICE approved psychological therapies For common mental health problems (depression and anxiety) Deliver the stepped care model Stepped Care Model Step 5: Risk to severe self-neglect Medication Combined treatments Inpatient care/ Crisis team ECT Step 4: Those at significant risk Medication Complex Psychological Mental Health specialists/ Interventions Crisis team Step 3: Depression and Anxiety- CBT High Intensity Mild to Moderate/ Moderate IPT to Severe Counselling PTSD Couples Therapy Phobias EMDR Step 2: Depression and Anxiety- cCBT Low Intensity Mild to Moderate Guided Self-Help Behavioural Activation Exercise Psycho-education groups Step 1: Recognition of the problem Assessment/ Watchful Primary Care Waiting The Role of a PWP Increase access to evidence-based psychological therapies for people with depression and anxiety Frontline assessors and are the first point of contact for Psychological help PWPs work psychologically in a framework based on CBT principles
My understanding of IAPT and the role of the PWP Brief history and Aim of The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) To decrease human suffering and economic loss Began in 2006 with demonstration sites in Doncaster and Newham Established in 2008 with the aim of establishing psychological therapy services Enable 900,000 extra people to receive evidence based, NICE approved psychological therapies For common mental health problems (depression and anxiety) Deliver the stepped care model Stepped Care Model Step 5: Inpatient care/ Crisis team Risk to severe self-neglect Medication Combined treatments ECT Step 4: Mental Health specialists/ Crisis team Those at significant risk Medication Complex Psychological Interventions Step 3: High Intensity Depression and Anxiety- Mild to Moderate/ Moderate to Severe PTSD Phobias CBT IPT Counselling Couples Therapy EMDR Step 2: Low Intensity Depression and Anxiety- Mild to Moderate cCBT Guided Self-Help Behavioural Activation Exercise Psycho-education groups Step 1: Primary Care Recognition of the problem Assessment/ Watchful Waiting The Role of a PWP Increase access to evidence-based psychological therapies for people with depression and anxiety Frontline assessors and are the first point of contact for Psychological help PWPs work psychologically in a framework based on CBT principles
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