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- Title
Evidence-based practice as mental health policy: three controversies and a caveat.
- Authors
Tanenbaum, Sandra J
- Abstract
Evidence-based practice (EBP) is the subject of vigorous controversy in the field of mental health. In this paper I discuss three distinct but interrelated controversies: how inclusive the mental health evidence base should be; whether mental health practice is a variety of applied science; and when and how the effectiveness goal in mental health is defined. I provide examples of evidence-based policy in mental health. These controversies pertain as well to general medicine. To the extent that they remain unresolved, evidence-based policy making may lead to ineffective and limited care.
- Publication
Health affairs (Project Hope), 2005, Vol 24, Issue 1, p163
- ISSN
0278-2715
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1377/hlthaff.24.1.163