title: Evidence-based group psychotherapy: using AGPA's practice guidelines to enhance clinical effectiveness.
abstract: Practice guidelines represent a useful approach to facilitate the delivery of evidence-based mental health care. In this article, we detail group psychotherapy practice guidelines developed by the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA). Combining the research literature with expert consensus, the AGPA has created a resource that should prove useful for psychotherapists, administrators, and patients. We illustrate the guidelines through a series of clinical dilemmas and challenges.
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Hospital, Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Health Complex, University of Toronto, ON, Canada. mleszcz@mtsinai.on.ca
authors.forename: Molyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leszcz
authors.forename: Joseph C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Kobos
mesh_terms: D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D006302:Health Services Research; D018579:Patient Selection; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D016896:Treatment Outcome