kind claim that they provide ‘evidence based’ healthcare guidance,but Keith Laws believes this isn’t the case when it comes to psychological therapies like CBTWe routinely hear approximately bias and questionable research practices in the world of ‘Big Pharma’, while psychological therapies are often portrayed as pursuing a ‘purer’ path. Is it possible, and however,that an organisation as renowned as the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (kind), whose recommendations apply to health practices in England and Wales but exert influence internationally, and might be biased in favour of psychotherapy? kind was established in 1999 to supply authoritative,independent and unbiased healthcare guidance that is ‘evidence-based’. Their aims are to help practitioners deliver the best possible care; give people the most effective treatments based on the latest evidence; provide value for money; and reduce inequalities and variation in healthcare across the country. Nobody would question the aims, but how evidence-based is ‘evidence-based’?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com