The movement to make medicine more scientific has evolved over many decades but the specific term evidence-based medicine was introduced in 1990 to refer to a systematic approach to helping doctors to apply scientific evidence to decision-making at the point of contact with a specific consumer. As the philosophy, major tenets, and techniques of the movement have evolved, evidence-based medicine has strongly influenced individual health care decision-making, the practices offered in health care programs, and the structure of medical and public health systems. Evidence-based medicine has also begun to influence the field of mental health. As support for evidence-based medicine grows in mental health, the need to clarify its fundamental principles also increases. In dealing with the new era of evidence-based practice, mental health practitioners are now confronted with a sense of obligation to understand these practices and to implement them in order to provide the best available services to consumers. This book explores some of the complex challenges in implementing EBPs, and highlights the meaningful opportunities that are inherent in this paradigm shift. This comprehensive textbook will become an essential primer for all practitioners and students who are grappling with the new age of evidence-based practice. --- from the publisher Contents: Prologue: “Helpful’ Mental Health Services, David W. Lynde Part 1: Background 1. Severe Mental Illness, Barbara Dickey 2. Community Mental Health Services, Carlos W. Pratt, Kenneth Gill Part 2: Principles 3. The Principles of Evidence-Based Mental Health Care, Robert E. Drake 4. Evidence-Based Practice Emerges, Susan Azrin, Howard Goldman 5. Clinical Decision-Making and the Evidence-Based Practitioner, Kenneth Gill, Carlos W. Pratt 6. The Importance of Research in Mental Health Service Delivery, David Shern 7. Evidence in Intervention Science, H. Stephen Leff Part 3: Implementation 8. Closing the Gap Between What Services Are and What They Could Be, Will Torrey, Paul Gorman 9. Common Features of Evidence-Based Practice, Charles A. Rapp, Richard J. Goscha 10. How a Practice Gets to Be Evidence-Based, Kim T. Mueser, Robert E. Drake 11. Developing and Sustaining an Evidence-Based System of Mental Health Service, Lon Herman, Phyllis Panzano 12. The Interface of Cultural Competency and Evidence Based Practices, Carole Siegel, Gary Haugland, Robert Schore 13. A Recovery Perspective in Evidence-Based Practice, Gretchen Grappone, Melinda Fox Part 4: The Practices 14. Assertive Community Treatment, Gary Morse, Mike McKasson 15. Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment, Patrick Boyle, Christina M.Delos Reyes, Richard A. M. Kruszynski 16. Supported Employment, Gary R. Bond, Amanda Jones 17. Illness Management and Recovery, Susan Gingerich, Kim Mueser 18. Evidence-Based Practices for Working with Families of Individuals with Serious Mental Illness, Aaron Murray-Swank, Lisa Dixon 19. Medication Management, Alexander Miller About the Editors Robert E. Drake, M.D., Ph.D., is the Andrew Thomson Professor of Psychiatry and Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth Medical School and the Director of the New Hampshire-Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center. He has focused on developing and evaluating innovative community programs for persons with severe mental disorders Matthew R. Merrens, Ph.D., is Visiting Professor of Psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School and the New Hampshire-Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center. He has had extensive experience in clinical psychology and community mental health and has authored and edited a number of textbooks in psychology David W. Lynde, M.S.W., LICSW, is the Training Manager for the West Institute at the New Hampshire—Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center and faculty member of Dartmouth Medical School. David provides training and consultation regarding the implementation Evidence-Based Practices. |