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Research commonly agrees on the importance of case conceptualisation within clinical therapeutic approaches; however, it has also been largely acknowledged that there is a lack of evidence measuring the reliability and quality within this initial stage. A review of the literature complicates suggestions by presenting how case conceptualisation covers a variety of different clinical therapeutic approaches, all holding their own belief system and theoretical concepts for assessment. Examining the various procedural aspects currently being used by both experienced and novice clinical therapists, this chapter seeks to ask, could there be a benefit to clinical outcome in relation to measurability and effectiveness if there was an opportunity to implement set guidelines that offer standards for structure in clinical therapy? Results evaluating the effectiveness of assessment skills showed how current routines can be based on clinical therapists' resources and motivation. Therefore, such approaches have allowed for varying outcomes due to multidimensional causation. Findings not only support but encourage the inclusion of set guidelines, indicating it to be fundamental to ensuring high-quality, comprehensive clinical therapy. The implementation of a uniquely designed standardised process, embedded with health and medical informatics within template design, could provide new insights needed to close the gaps in the current knowledge base.
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Golbourn-King, LM., Kotera, Y. (2023). Standards for Structure in Clinical Therapy. In: Daimi, K., Alsadoon, A., Seabra Dos Reis, S. (eds) Current and Future Trends in Health and Medical Informatics. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 1112. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42112-9_9
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