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Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

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01-09-2007 | Original Paper

Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice in Community Behavioral Health: Agency Director Perspectives

Authors: Enola K. Proctor, Kraig J. Knudsen, Nicole Fedoravicius, Peter Hovmand, Aaron Rosen, Brian Perron

Published in: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research | Issue 5/2007

Abstract

Despite a growing supply of evidence-based mental health treatments, we have little evidence about how to implement them in real-world care. This qualitative pilot study captured the perspectives of agency directors on the challenge of implementing evidence-based practices in community mental health agencies. Directors identified challenges as limited access to research, provider resistance, and training costs. Director leadership, support to providers, and partnerships with universities were leverage points to implement evidenced-based treatments. Directors’ mental models of EBP invoked such concepts as agency reputation, financial solvency, and market niche. Findings have potential to shape implementation interventions.

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Title: Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice in Community Behavioral Health: Agency Director Perspectives
Authors: Enola K. Proctor
Kraig J. Knudsen
Nicole Fedoravicius
Peter Hovmand
Aaron Rosen
Brian Perron
Publication date: 01-09-2007
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research / Issue 5/2007
Print ISSN: 0894-587X
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3289
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-007-0129-8

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