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Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

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01-03-2010 | Original Paper

Finding the Common Core: Evidence-Based Practices, Clinically Relevant Evidence, and Core Mechanisms of Change

Authors: Thomas L. Sexton, Susan Douglas Kelley

Published in: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research | Issue 1-2/2010

Abstract

Improving the quality of children’s mental health care can benefit from the adoption of evidence based and evidence informed treatments. However, the promise of moving science into practice is hampered by three core elements that need to be addressed in the current conversation among key stakeholders: (1) expanding our understanding of the clinical relevance of different types of evidence, (2) emphasizing the identification of core mechanisms of change, and (3) re-conceptualizing what evidence-based practice means. This paper focuses on these elements in an attempt to find a common core among stakeholders that may create opportunities for more inclusive conversation to move the field of children’s mental health care forward.

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Title: Finding the Common Core: Evidence-Based Practices, Clinically Relevant Evidence, and Core Mechanisms of Change
Authors: Thomas L. Sexton
Susan Douglas Kelley
Publication date: 01-03-2010
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research / Issue 1-2/2010
Print ISSN: 0894-587X
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3289
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-010-0277-0

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