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A Brief History of Evidence-Based Practice
This is a DRAFT paper which will appear in Mental Health, United States, 2002, CMHS, SAMHSA, DHHS. The paper briefly reviews the history of evidence-based practice. Then describes the types of individuals and organizations currently focusing on evidence-based practices in mental health and nature of the information they provide. Following this, the paper considers the concerns raised about evidence-based practices in mental health. The paper then concludes with a vision of how evidence-based practices should be … Read More
Date: 10/2002
Author(s): H. Stephen Leff
Analysis of Five States’ Licensing/Certification Processes and Requirements
"Human Services Research Institute (HSRI) conducted a study of five states that have made significant changes in their licensing requirements to be more person-centered and outcome-based. These states are: Colorado, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Utah. The study addressed the following questions: What outcomes and requirements were commonly incorporated in most states’ licensing regulations and outcomes?; What types of services did the states license/certify under these regulations and outcomes?; What survey methodologies did the states … Read More
Date: 10/2002
Author(s): June Rowe
Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices
Resource materials for implementing Evidence-based Practices. … Read More
Date: 09/2002
Author(s): The Evaluation Center @ HSRI
Applying Evaluation Knowledge and Operations Research Methods to Planning
This working paper includes two operations research models for planning the housing component of a mental health system. The paper has three purposes: 1) to bring the models developed, and operations research to those engaged in planning and evaluating housing and other services for persons with mental illness; 2) to show how data from needs assessments, information systems, and outcome evaluations can be used to provide the estimates required by the models outlined in the paper and … Read More
Date: 09/2002
Author(s): H. Stephen Leff, Ph.D.
Keys to Quality
This toolkit is designed to provide technical assistance to persons conducting or reviewing behavioral health quality improvement projects in managed care. For this purpose the toolkit presents a set of criteria defining exemplary behavioral health QI practices and case illustrations of these criteria. These criteria represent QISMC standards with added recommendations based on standards of research methodology or derived from other sources such as the MHSIP Consumer-Oriented Report Card. The projects described in the toolkit … Read More
Date: 09/2002
Author(s): Dow Wieman, PhD., H. Stephen Leff, Ph.D., Amy DiRamio, Sarah Witham, Eric Goplerud, Ph.D., and Elise Young, M.S.W.