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A Guide to Delivering Evidence Based Psychological Therapies and Interventions in Scotland

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  • Family Based Treatment for Eating Disorders (FBT-ED)

    Family-Based Treatment (FBT) is a manualised intervention for the treatment of child/ adolescent eating disorders. FBT aims to restore child/adolescents to health by using parents as the agents for change, and as the best resource for recovery in the therapeutic process. FBT is typically delivered in three phases over a period of 6-12 months; Phase 1: Rapid restoration of physical health with full parental control; Phase 2: Gradual return of age-appropriate responsibility to the child/ adolescent; Phase 3: Return to normal family life and navigating developmental challenges. FBT can be delivered by mental health practitioners as an outpatient intervention. It can also be delivered as part of residential or partial hospitalisation programmes and can be delivered in different format, including multi-family therapy. Family-Based Treatment is associated with significant improvements across several outcomes including remission, eating disorder scores, BMI and menstrual status. Family-Based Treatment for eating disorders is available in Scotland.

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  • Guided internet-based CBT with Trauma Focus (i-CBT-T)

    Guided internet-based CBT with Trauma Focus (i-CBT-T) interventions are CBT-T interventions delivered online, and used for the treatment of PTSD and related conditions in adults. These interventions do not deviate from the traditional CBT-T content, so their core components can include psychoeducation, stress management, cognitive restructuring and exposure therapy. Guided i-CBT-T interventions can be delivered with varying levels of therapist’s assistance, e.g. regular assistance, light assistance, and no assistance (for self-guided delivery).

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  • Inference - Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Inference-based CBT)

    Inference-based CBT is a focused form of cognitive-behavioural therapy that is grounded on an inference-based approach (IBA) to treating OCD.

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  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) for Common Mental Health Problems in the Perinatal Period

    Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is a time-limited psychological intervention for the treatment of depression and other mental health disorders (binge eating disorders, bulimia nervosa, and bipolar disorder). IPT is present centred and focuses on current interpersonal problems areas, i.e. grief or complicated bereavement, role dispute, role transition and interpersonal deficits.

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  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) for Depression

    Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is a time-limited psychological intervention that was initially developed for depression in adults but has now been adapted for a range of mental health presentations and developmental stages. IPT focuses on areas of current interpersonal difficulties that are linked to distress and symptomatology. IPT is typically delivered by trained mental health practitioners, over 16-20 weekly sessions, lasting about 50 minutes across three phases.

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  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) for Eating Disorders

    Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is a time-limited psychological intervention that was initially developed for depression in adults but has now been adapted for a range of mental health presentations, including eating disorders, and developmental stages. IPT focuses on areas of current interpersonal difficulties that are linked to distress and symptomatology. IPT (including IPT for eating disorders) is typically delivered by trained mental health practitioners, over 16-20 weekly sessions, lasting about 50 minutes across three phases.

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  • Maudsley Model of Anorexia Nervosa Treatment for Adults (MANTRA)

    MANTRA is a manualised intervention for the treatment of Anorexia Nervosa (AN) in adults. MANTRA targets the biological and psychological predisposing and maintaining factors for anorexia, with the aim of facilitating wider changes in eating disorder symptomatology and weight. MANTRA is typically delivered by mental health practitioners in eating disorder services.

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  • Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT)

    MBT was initially developed for the treatment of BPD, but has been adapted for treatment of other disorders, e.g. MBT for antisocial personality disorder and eating disorders, and in different formats for particular groups, such as families, parents and adolescents.

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  • Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

    Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a psycho-educational group-based intervention that can be delivered to adults, adolescents and school-aged children to address a range of physical health (e.g. chronic pain), and psychological conditions (including depression, anxiety, substance use, stress and burnout). MBSR has been delivered in Scotland, across the UK and internationally.

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  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)

    Mindfulness‑Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is a psycho‑educational group‑based intervention delivered to adults, adolescents and school‑aged children to address a range of psychological conditions, such as anxiety disorders, relapsing and treatment‑resistant depression, as well as physical conditions such as chronic pain.

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