Clinician's guide to evidence-based practices
Subtitle: mental health and the addictions
By: John C. Norcross, Thomas P. Hogan, & Gerald P. Koocher.
Contributors: Hogan, Thomas P.; Koocher, Gerald P.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780195335323
Subjects: Evidence-based psychiatry -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Mental illness -- Treatment -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Substance abuse -- Treatment -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Mental Disorders -- therapy -- Handbooks.; Evidence-Based Medicine -- Handbooks.; Substance-Related Disorders -- therapy -- Handbooks.
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Handbooks.
Description: This practical guide that will assist readers to access, interpret, and use evidence-based practices (EBP). The book will give practitioners, trainees and students in mental health and addictions instruction as to how to identify, understand, and apply the best research evidence to their own work.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-320) and index.
Table of contents: title: Defining evidence-based practice; title: Asking the right questions; title: Locating the best available research / Lauren A. Maggio; title: Reading and interpreting the research : research designs; title: Reading and interpreting the research : numbers and measures; title: Appraising research reports; title: Translating research into practice; title: Integrating the patient and the clinician with the research; title: Incorporating evaluation and ethics; title: Disseminating, teaching, and implementing evidence-based practices.