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During my quarter of a century of consultation work, a number of issues have become apparent that have helped clarify what is useful or effective in consultation and what is not. Although it is difficult to evaluate scientifically the effectiveness of various techniques or approaches to mental health consultation, personal contact with thousands of consultants over the years in the United States and other countries has produced a perspective at the Laboratory of Community Psychiatry about those techniques in consultation that have stood the test of time and those that have not. It is useful to review some of these ideas in order to bring them up to date.
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Caplan, G. (1977). Mental Health Consultation: Retrospect and Prospect. In: Plog, S.C., Ahmed, P.I. (eds) Principles and Techniques of Mental Health Consultation. Current Topics in Mental Health. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2286-3_2
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