Quantifying the effects of community mental health consultation interventions.

A review of 1,643 consultation outcomes through meta-analytic studies reveals a moderate overall mean effect for consultation interventions. Utility formulas demonstrate these consultation interventions will provide an 11% improvement in outcome measures of consultee and organizational functioning. While the empirical evidence of the efficacy of consultation interventions is very substantial, the acceleration of the rate of change and the increasing complexity of organizational functioning require continuous reconsideration of current conceptual models of consultation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)