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Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

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01-03-2010 | Original Paper

Organizational Adaptation: Bridging the Research to Practice Gap

Author: William E. Reay

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

Abstract

Currently, the children’s mental health system appears dysfunctional and in need of serious attention. A possible remedy for this disarray would be for researchers and providers to establish integrated management systems which include mutual, cross organizational learning, and reciprocal feedback mechanisms. This type of adaptive co-management to organizational governance would fully integrate research and practice at the community level. Using a public health service model, this organizational management approach to research and practice would harvest diverse scientific knowledge and disseminate that knowledge through the natural occurring culture and practice of each community. Organizational and clinical knowledge acquisition, as well as practice improvements would necessarily occur over time and across institutions.

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Title: Organizational Adaptation: Bridging the Research to Practice Gap
Author: William E. Reay
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/s10488-010-0275-2

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