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easily be incorporated into standard clinic procedures. Poten­
tially, the most difficult aspect to arrange is the availability of
an independent follow-up rater with appropriate skills;
however this did not pose an issue in this instance. The use of
video-taping could help to overcome this issue, yet this would
raise the need for further research to evaluate alternative
methods of follow-up (Caslyn & Davidson, 1978)
As discussed in the introduction, there is limited evidence
outside of anecdotal evidence supporting the use of PROMPT.
While GAS does not provide a detailed method for evaluating
the PROMPT technique or specific aspects of efficacy, it can
be seen as one way of paving the road towards building an
evidence base in this area. By introducing the use of a con­
sistent outcome measure, a pool of outcome data would be
available for further research. From this base, researchers
could branch into evaluations of such areas of efficacy and
formal comparisons with other treatment methods. GAS
could be seen as a cobblestone in the road towards that end.
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