Creating Public Health Policy: The Dissemination of Evidenced-based Psychological Interventions
Book Chapter
Chorpita, BF, Miranda, J, Bernstein, A. (2012). Creating Public Health Policy: The Dissemination of Evidenced-based Psychological Interventions
. 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195366884.013.0011
Chorpita, BF, Miranda, J, Bernstein, A. (2012). Creating Public Health Policy: The Dissemination of Evidenced-based Psychological Interventions
. 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195366884.013.0011
In recent years, clinical psychology has made significant contributions to mental health policy through its increasing focus on the notion of evidence-based practice and an empirical approach to clinical decision-making. These developments have not been without challenges, however. Most notable are issues with the acceptability of treatment design among practitioners and the difficulty of implementing and sustaining high-quality practices in real-world contexts. Two specific barriers central to these challenges are discussed, namely, the highly specialized architecture of most research-based mental health treatments and the unavailability of a dedicated supervisory and training infrastructure. Solutions are proposed that suggest the need to rethink both the way treatments are packaged and the way they are supported in real-world practice.
