A Prospective Examination of Clinician and Supervisor Turnover Within the Context of Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in a Publicly-Funded Mental Health System

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 640-649

  Beidas, Rinad S ^a   Marcus, Steven ^b,c   Wolk, Courtney Benjamin ^a   Powell, Byron ^a,g   Aarons, Gregory A ^d   Evans, Arthur C ^a,e   Hurford, Matthew O ^a,e,f,h   Hadley, Trevor ^a   Adams, Danielle R ^a   Walsh, Lucia M ^a   Babbar, Shaili ^a   Barg, Frances ^a   Mandell, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services ^*  (United States)

^f Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbilities Services   (United States)

^g IL   (United States)

^h and Outcomes   (United States)

Author keywords

Implementation; Mental health services; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BURNOUT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PENNSYLVANIA; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84937060944     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: 15733289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10488-015-0673-6     Document Type: Article

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