title: Attitudes towards psychotherapy manuals among clinicians treating eating disorders.
abstract: Clinicians have relatively low uptake and implementation of evidence-based psychotherapies for the eating disorders, and this problem appears to be associated with low use of manualized approaches. This study examines clinicians' positive and negative attitudes to manuals, and possible beliefs and emotional factors that might drive those attitudes. The participants were 125 psychological therapists working with eating-disordered patients. Each completed standardised measures of attitudes to manuals and emotional states. A number of beliefs about the content of manuals were associated with both positive attitudes to the outcome of treatment and negative attitudes to their impact on the treatment process. In addition, a more positive mood was associated with more positive attitudes. Suggestions are made regarding how attitudes might be made more positive, in order to facilitate the use of evidence-based therapies for eating disorders.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Psychology Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2NT, UK. Electronic address: g.waller@sheffield.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Glenn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Waller
authors.forename: Victoria A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Mountford
authors.forename: Madeleine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tatham
authors.forename: Hannah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: Chloe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gabriel
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Webber
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D004644:Emotions; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D011364:Professional Practice; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011613:Psychotherapy; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Attitudes; Depression; Eating disorders; Evidence-based therapy; Manuals