Clinician's Guide to Evidence Based Practices: Mental Health and the Addictions - Softcover

Norcross, John C.; Hogan, Thomas P.; Koocher, Gerald P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195335325 ISBN 13: 9780195335323

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2008

Synopsis

All mental health and addiction practitioners want to provide their patients with the most effective treatments. But with this comes the challenge of wading through the overwhelming amount of scientific research and integrating it with clinical expertise and patient values.

Here, a trio of distinguished scientist-practitioners provide a concise, user-friendly guide to assist practitioners in implementing evidence-based practices (EBP).

Learn the core skills for conducting evidence-based practice through AAA TIE:
· Ask a specific, clinical question
· Access the best available research
· Appraise critically that research evidence
· Translate that research into practice with a particular patient
· Integrate the clinician's expertise and patient's characteristics, culture, and preferences with the research
· Evaluate the effectiveness of the entire process

No book covers EBPs in mental health as concisely and accessibly as the Clinician's Guide. An accompanying CD features expanded content, interactive examples, and hyperlinked references. The Clinician's Guide does not merely explain EBPs; it gives skills to apply them to better serve patients and improve outcomes. Containing numerous practical examples and following three case vignettes throughout, the Clinician's Guide teaches you how to actualize EBPs in your own practice.

About this title

About the Author

John C. Norcross, PhD, is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Scranton, Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical College, and a board-certified clinical psychologist in part time practice. He has authored more than 300 publications and edited or co-written twenty-two professional books.

Thomas P. Hogan, Ph.D. is professor of psychology and Distinguished University Fellow at the University of Scranton. He teaches courses in statistics, research methods, psychological testing, and educational assessment. While doing so, he has received all three of the University s teaching awards. Prior to his time as full-time professor, he served as Dean of the Graduate School and Director of Research and as Interim Provost/Academic Vice President at Scranton. Previously, he was professor of psychology, Associate Chancellor for Graduate and Professional Programs, and Co-Director of the Assessment Center at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. He is the author or co-author of several nationally used standardized tests, textbooks on psychological testing and educational assessment, and over 100 published articles and presentations related to psychological and educational measurement. He serves frequently as a consultant to government agencies, professional organizations, and businesses on matters of measurement, research design, and statistical analysis. He holds a bachelor s degree from John Carroll University and both master s and doctoral degrees from Fordham University, with a specialization in psychometrics.

Gerald P. Koocher, PhD, is Professor and Dean of the School for Health Studies at Simmons College (Boston). From 1971 through 2001 he served successively as an intern, post-doctoral fellow, and ultimately as Chief of Psychology at Boston's Children't Hospital and Judge Baker Children's Center.
During this period he also served as a full time faculty member (Associate Professor) at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Koocher is a fellow of twelve divisions of the American Psychological Association (APA) and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the only
psychologist to have earned five specialty diplomas from the American Boards of Professional Psychology (Clinical, Clinical Child/Adolescent, Family, Forensic, and Health Psychology). He is currently Editor of the journal Ethics and Behavior and previously served as Editor of the Journal of
Pediatric Psychology and The Clinical Psychologist. He has published more than 150 articles and book chapters and authored or edited eight books.

Review

". . . an excellent primer. The publishing of this book could not have come at a better time. As intended, this guidebook serves as a fairly comprehensive 'how-to' manual of EBPs. The book includes a wealth of information about EBPs for both neophytes and experienced therapists." --PsycCritiques

"The ability to critically review the research is essential for optimizing
patient care. This book provides a good introduction to this process and
maintains a level of sophistication that is both helpful and reasonable for
students, paraprofessionals, and other non-research-based disciplines." --Doody's Health Sciences Review

"This book, written by leaders in our field, articulates and synthesizes EBP in a manner that is very accessible to the practicing clinician. For those clinicians in particular who have doubts about the whole concept, this book will be extremely valuable in forging a path to EBP that will be compatible with the vicissitudes of practice. Nothing else like it exists."
-- David H. Barlow, PhD

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0195335325
• ISBN 13: 9780195335323
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 352