Psychological treatments: Putting evidence into practice and practice into evidence

Canadian Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-11

  Dozois, David J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

bridging research and practice; empirically supported treatment; evidence based practice; evidence based treatment; psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880559969     PISSN: 07085591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031125     Document Type: Review

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