Improving substance abuse treatment : an introduction to the evidence-based practice movement / Michele J. Eliason.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eliason, Michele J.

Series:

Sage sourcebooks for the human services series (Unnumbered)

Sage sourcebooks for the human services series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Substance abuse--Treatment.

Evidence-based psychiatry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 189 p.) : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : Sage, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is an attempt to bridge the gap between research on substance abuse treatment programs and what actually goes on in the field of substance abuse treatment. It clearly describes how to determine what evidence based practice is and it addresses some of the challenges that practioners and agency directors might face in implementing EBP.

Contents:

Introduction

What are evidence-based practices?

Determining what is evidence-based

Adoption and implementation of evidence-based practices

Evaluation of evidence-based practices

A research primer : overview, hypotheses, and variables

Research methods

Data analysis and interpretation

Qualitative research, dissemination, and funding

Conclusions and future directions.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-164) and index.

ISBN:

9781412951302

1412951305

9781452204055

1452204055

9781452223070

1452223076

OCLC:

804845959