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Published in: Community Mental Health Journal 4/2009

01-08-2009 | Original Paper

Deciding Versus Implementing: A Comment on “What Gets Noticed: How Barrier and Facilitator Perceptions Relate to the Adoption and Implementation of Innovative Mental Health Practices”

Author: Gary R. Bond

Published in: Community Mental Health Journal | Issue 4/2009

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Seffrin et al. (2008) give a glimpse into the perceptions and attitudes of agency leaders who have either actively implemented a new mental health practice or decided against it after an initial consideration. Their study is a useful complement to the increasing number of studies in the mental health services research literature examining strategies for facilitating the implementation of evidence-based practices in routine practice, for example, the National Implementing Evidence-Based Practices (EBP) Project (Drake et al. 2001; McHugo et al. 2007). …
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Metadata
Title
Deciding Versus Implementing: A Comment on “What Gets Noticed: How Barrier and Facilitator Perceptions Relate to the Adoption and Implementation of Innovative Mental Health Practices”
Author
Gary R. Bond
Publication date
01-08-2009
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Community Mental Health Journal / Issue 4/2009
Print ISSN: 0010-3853
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2789
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-009-9190-y

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