Evaluation of an Implementation Model: A National Investigation of VA Residential Programs

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 147-156

  Cook, Joan M ^a   Dinnen, Stephanie ^a   Coyne, James C ^b   Thompson, Richard ^c   Simiola, Vanessa ^a   Ruzek, Josef ^d   Schnurr, Paula P ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Implementation; Posttraumatic stress disorders

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; LEADERSHIP; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; LEADERSHIP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84939873620     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: 15733289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10488-014-0555-3     Document Type: Article

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