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Effectiveness of cognitive therapy training.

D L Milne1, C Baker, I M Blackburn

  • 1Centre for Applied Psychology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. d.l.milne@newcastle.ac.uk

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry
|September 17, 1999
PubMed
Summary

Effective cognitive therapy (CT) training for mental health professionals significantly improved their competence and their patients' coping strategies. This study provides a convincing evaluation of professional development programs.

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Area of Science:

  • Mental Health Training
  • Cognitive Therapy
  • Professional Development

Background:

  • Growing demand for effective mental health professional training.
  • Lack of convincing evaluations in training literature.
  • Need for multiple measures, generalization, and longitudinal designs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Evaluate a cognitive therapy (CT) training program for mental health professionals.
  • Assess changes in professional competence.
  • Examine the generalization of training to patient coping strategies.

Main Methods:

  • Training 20 mental health professionals in CT.
  • Utilized multiple measures for evaluation.
  • Assessed competence and patient coping strategies post-training.

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Main Results:

  • 40-day training program significantly increased professional competence.
  • Improved patient coping strategies observed.
  • Demonstrated generalization of training effects.

Conclusions:

  • The CT training program is effective.
  • Highlights the importance of robust evaluation methods in professional training.
  • Suggests implications for designing and assessing future training programs.