Marks I M, Connolly J, Hallam R S
Br Med J. 1973 Jul 21;3(5872):156-60. doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5872.156.
Under supervision five nurse-therapists have treated phobic patients as successfully as have psychiatrists and psychologists using similar psychological treatments in comparable psychiatric populations. Nurses have also had good results in other neurotic disorders. Intensive training is required. Nurse-therapists find their work rewarding, but the present Salmon gradings make no provision for their advancement should they retain their clinical function. Results suggest that the use of selected psychiatric nurses as skilled therapists can ease the current critical shortage of treatment personnel in psychiatry.
在监督下，五名护士治疗师在治疗恐惧症患者方面取得了与精神病医生和心理学家在类似精神科人群中使用类似心理治疗方法同样成功的效果。护士在其他神经症方面也取得了良好的效果。这需要强化培训。护士治疗师发现他们的工作很有意义，但目前的萨蒙分级制度没有为他们在保留临床职能的情况下的晋升提供条件。结果表明，将选定的精神科护士用作熟练治疗师可以缓解目前精神科治疗人员严重短缺的状况。
