Evidence-Based Practices in Mental Health Care

by Drake, Robert E.

• ISBN13: 9780890422946
• ISBN10: 089042294X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC PUBLISHING INC

Summary

As the first attempt to synthesize the movement toward widespread implementation of evidence-based mental health practices, this groundbreaking collection articulates the basic tenets of evidence-based medicine and shows how practices proven effective by clinical services research could improve the lives of many people. Intended to stimulate much-needed public discussion, these remarkable contributions cover both general issues,such as Implementing practices in routine mental health settings, including strategies for disseminating evidence-based practices to staff members Ensuring that efforts to implement such practices are informed by the knowledge and experience of administrators, clinicians, patients, and advocates Integrating evidence-based practices with the recovery model and focusing on guidelines and algorithms for pharmacologic treatment of people with severe mental illness Identifying the policy implications of the movement, particularly in public-sector settings, and describing eight courses of action for addressing the gap between science and practice and specific practices,such as Describing critical components of practices for which substantial evidence exists, such as supported employment, dual diagnosis services, and assertive community treatment Developing an evidence base for particular populations, such as children and adolescents and geriatric patients; and for clinical subgroups, such as patients with severe mental illness and posttraumatic stress disorder-and implementing a range of practices for each population Debate in public forums is critical to explaining the benefits of evidence-based care and allaying the fears of patients, practitioners, administrators, policy makers, and vested interest groups that evidence-based care excludes them from the decision-making process. Patientsneed to know that their individual characteristics, preferences, and autonomy are highly valued and won't be discounted by rigid adherence to the particular treatments. Practitionersneed to know about the credibility of the evidence base and about new techniques and responsibilities and to understand that their favorite practices won't necessarily be excluded during initial attempts to implement evidence-based practices. Administrators and policy makersneed to know about financing, organizing, implementing, and sustaining new practices. Finally, vested interest groups need to know that the introduction of evidence-based practices doesn't mean that what they do now is ineffective. This unique and densely informative volume will be welcomed by mental health care professionals and by lawmakers, planners, administrators, and others who are charged with the responsibility of providing effective care to vulnerable populations.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Robert E. Drake
Howard H. Goldman
Implementing Evidence-Based Practices in Routine Mental Health Service Settings	1	(4)
Robert E. Drake
Howard H. Goldman
H. Stephen Leff
Anthony F. Lehman
Lisa Dixon
Kim T. Mueser
William C. Torrey
Implementing Evidence-Based Practices for Persons With Severe Mental Illnesses	5	(6)
William C. Torrey
Robert E. Drake
Lisa Dixon
Barbara J. Burns
Laurie Flynn
A. John Rush
Robin E. Clark
Dale Klatzker
Strategies for Disseminating Evidence-Based Practices to Staff Who Treat People With Serious Mental Illness	11	(10)
Patrick W. Corrigan
Leigh Steiner
Stanley G. McCracken
Barbara Blaser
Michael Barr
Integrating Evidence-Based Practices and the Recovery Model	21	(8)
Frederick J. Frese III
Jonathan Stanley
Ken Kress
Suzanne Vogel-Scibilia
Implementing Supported Employment as an Evidence-Based Practice	29	(10)
Gary R. Bond
Deborah R. Becker
Robert E. Drake
Charles A. Rapp
Neil Meisler
Anthony F. Lehman
Morris D. Bell
Crystal R. Blyler
Implementing Dual Diagnosis Services for Clients With Severe Mental Illness	39	(8)
Robert E. Drake
Susan M. Essock
Andrew Shaner
Kate B. Carey
Kenneth Minkoff
Lenore Kola
David Lynde
Fred C. Osher
Robin E. Clark
Lawrence Rickards
Moving Assertive Community Treatment Into Standard Practice	47	(10)
Susan D. Phillips
Barbara J. Burns
Elizabeth R. Edgar
Kim T. Mueser
Karen W. Linkins
Robert A. Rosenheck
Robert E. Drake
Elizabeth C. McDonel Herr
Evidence-Based Practices for Services to Families of People With Psychiatric Disabilities	57	(8)
Lisa Dixon
William R. McFarlane
Harriet Lefley
Alicia Lucksted
Michael Cohen
Ian Falloon
Kim Mueser
David Miklowitz
Phyllis Solomon
Diane Sondheimer
Evidence-Based Pharmacologic Treatment for People With Severe Mental Illness: A Focus on Guidelines and Algorithms	65	(8)
Thomas A. Mellman
Alexander L. Miller
Ellen M. Weissman
M. Lynn Crismon
Susan M. Essock
Stephen R. Marder
Developing Effective Treatments for Posttraumatic Disorders Among People With Severe Mental Illness	73	(10)
Stanley D. Rosenberg
Kim T. Mueser
Matthew J. Friedman
Paul G. Gorman
Robert E. Drake
Robert M. Vidaver
William C. Torrey
Mary K. Jankowski
Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services	83	(12)
Kimberly Hoagwood
Barbara J. Burns
Laurel Kiser
Heather Ringeisen
Sonja K. Schoenwald
Evidence-Based Practices in Geriatric Mental Health Care	95	(14)
Stephen J. Bartels
Aricca R. Dums
Thomas E. Oxman
Lon S. Schneider
Patricia A. Arean
George S. Alexopoulos
Dilip V. Jeste
Policy Implications for Implementing Evidence-Based Practices	109
Howard H. Goldman
Vijay Ganju
Robert E. Drake
Paul Gorman
Michael Hogan
Pamela S. Hyde
Oscar Morgan