Empirically Supported Psychotherapy in Social Work Training Programs: Does the Definition of Evidence Matter?

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 449-455

  Bledsoe, Sarah E ^a   Weissman, Myrna M ^b   Mullen, Edward J ^b   Ponniah, Kathryn ^b   Gameroff, Marc J ^b   Verdeli, Helen ^b   Mufson, Laura ^b   Fitterling, Heidi ^b   Wickramaratne, Priya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

empirically supported interventions; evidence based practice; mental health; psychotherapy; training (or education)

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249147950     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731506299014     Document Type: Article

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