Evidence-Based Practice - Methods
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Cochrane Reviews of non-medication-based psychotherapeutic and other interventions for schizophrenia, psychosis, and bipolar disorder: A systematic literature review.

30 Jul 2009 Mental health-care professionals are striving to keep up to date with health interventions that are effective and beneficial to patients. The Cochrane Reviews make available a systematic and up-to-date review of a comprehensive range of health ... Read more...

Translating biological parameters into clinically useful diagnostic tests.

30 Jul 2009 Psychiatry has lagged behind other specialties in developing diagnostic laboratory tests for the purpose of confirming or ruling out a diagnosis. Biological research into the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders has, however, yielded some highly ... Read more...

Understanding evidence-based public health policy.

14 Jul 2009 Public health policy has a profound impact on health status. Missing from the literature is a clear articulation of the definition of evidence-based policy and approaches to move the field forward. Policy-relevant evidence includes both quantitative ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Evidence-Based Practice - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Overcoming the barriers to EBP. 30 Jul 2009
• Cochrane Reviews of non-medication-based psychotherapeutic and other interventions for schizophrenia, psychosis, and bipolar disorder: A systematic literature review. 30 Jul 2009
• Translating biological parameters into clinically useful diagnostic tests. 30 Jul 2009
• Understanding evidence-based public health policy. 14 Jul 2009
• Implementing evidence-based practices in community treatment programs: initial feasibility of a counselor "toolkit". 29 Jun 2009
• Evidence-based radiology: step 1--ask. 29 Jun 2009
• Evidence-based practice: an introduction and overview. 29 Jun 2009
• Designing a workplace return-to-work program for occupational low back pain: an intervention mapping approach. 7 Jun 2009
• Unique, multilingual resource on testing health-care treatments. 30 May 2009
• Psychosocial education improves low back pain beliefs: results from a cluster randomized clinical trial (NCT00373009) in a primary prevention setting. 4 May 2009
• Evidence-based public health: a fundamental concept for public health practice. 27 Apr 2009
• Smoking cessation: learning from experience. 16 Apr 2009
• Styles of evidence-based practice in the child welfare system. 30 Mar 2009
• Areas of consensus and controversy about goal setting in rehabilitation: a conference report. 30 Mar 2009
• Evidence-based practice habits: transforming research into bedside practice. 30 Mar 2009
• The role of collaborative Web publishing tools in evidence-based practice. 30 Mar 2009
• Interventions to promote the evidence-based care of children with ADHD in primary-care settings. 30 Mar 2009
• Measuring the food environment: state of the science. 30 Mar 2009
• Measures of the food environment: a compilation of the literature, 1990-2007. 30 Mar 2009
• Education of eye health professionals to meet the needs of the Pacific. 11 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Evidence-Based Practice'

Definition: A way of providing health care that is guided by a thoughtful integration of the best available scientific knowledge with clinical expertise. This approach allows the practitioner to critically assess research data, clinical guidelines, and other information resources in order to correctly identify the clinical problem, apply the most high-quality intervention, and re-evaluate the outcome for future improvement.

Descriptor UI: D055317

Alternative terms: Evidence-Based Practice; Evidence Based Practice; Evidence-Based Health Care; Evidence Based Health Care; Evidence-Based Health Cares; Health Care, Evidence-Based; Health Cares, Evidence-Based;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H02.249;

History Note: 2009

Technical Notes: general or unspecified; prefer specifics