Causal reasoning skills training for mental health practitioners: Promoting sound clinical judgment in evidence-based practice

Training and Education in Professional Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 292-302

  Layne, Christopher M ^a,b   Steinberg, Jesse R ^c   Steinberg, Alan M ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal reasoning; Clinical judgment; Evidence based practice; Mental health; Skills training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925381571     PISSN: 19313918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/tep0000037     Document Type: Article

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