Evidence-Based Practice in Clinical Social Work
"This volume is a superb and user-friendly resource for clinical social workers interested in incorporating the EBP approach into their practice. It provides the intellectual and practical tools that practitioners need to use EBP wisely as well as to appr
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James W. Drisko Melissa D. Grady •
Evidence-Based Practice in Clinical Social Work
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James W. Drisko Smith College School for Social Work Lily Hall 215 Northampton, MA 01063 USA
ISBN 978-1-4614-3469-6 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-3470-2
Melissa D. Grady Catholic University of America School of Social Service Shahan Hall Washington, DC 20064 USA
ISBN 978-1-4614-3470-2 (eBook)
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Preface
There are many recent books about evidence-based practice (EBP) in social work, psychiatry, and in other mental health professions. In reviewing these books, it appeared to us that the majority were written by researchers, bringing a particular point of view and skill set to the technicalities of EBP. These books are useful because EBP involves a lot of technical detail about research design, methods, and interpretation that are not always covered in other social work texts. On the other hand, the lack of a more direct practice, client-centered, viewpoint seemed to leave out many of the day-to-day realities cl
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