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Implementing the NICE OCD/BDD guidelines
Author(s) -
Lovell Karina.,
Bee Penny.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
psychology and psychotherapy: theory, research and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 2044-8341
pISSN - 1476-0835
DOI - 10.1348/147608308x320107
Subject(s) - nice , excellence , guideline , body dysmorphic disorder , clinical practice , best practice , evidence based practice , psychology , medicine , psychotherapist , nursing , alternative medicine , computer science , political science , pathology , law , programming language
The National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) has produced a nationally coordinated programme of clinical guidelines which provide rigorous and systematically derived statements of best evidence to improve patient care. Successful implementation of the NICE guidelines into clinical practice is complex and challenging and this paper focuses on the specific barriers and facilitators of implementing the obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) guidelines. Particular challenges for this guideline are the very nature of OCD/BDD, the adoption of the stepped care model and specific treatment and training issues.