Any Qualified Provider for Primary Care Psychological Therapries (PCPT) Service / Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)

The Primary Care Psychological Therapies (PCPT) service will be a community based service, building firmly on the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme (http://www.iapt.nhs.uk/).

It will offer a range of evidence based psychological interventions including NICE approved/recommended psychological therapies in line with relevant clinical guidance; associated with improved service user outcomes and recovery rates.

The Primary Care Psychological Therapies service will deliver a Step 2, Step 3 and ‘Step 3 Plus’ model where time limited, psychological therapies is likely to have a positive outcome for the individual.

The diagnostic groups likely to benefit from PCPT approaches include the following:

Traditional IAPT services:

IAPT ‘Plus’ services:

Mild learning disability or cognitive impairment

Personality disorder (not severe)

Other comorbid mental health conditions (e.g. non-acute or stable psychosis)

Eating disorders (mild-to-moderate)

Depression or anxiety in adults with a chronic physical health problem (long term condition)or medically unexplained symptoms

(Note: where anxiety or depression-related symptomatology is present and where PCPT services are likely to have a positive outcome for the patient)

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