Therapist and Organizational Factors Associated with Participation in Evidence-Based Practice Initiatives in a Large Urban Publicly-Funded Mental Health System

Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 174-186

  Skriner, Laura C ^a   Wolk, Courtney Benjamin ^a   Stewart, Rebecca E ^a   Adams, Danielle R ^a   Rubin, Ronnie M ^b   Evans, Arthur C ^a,b   Beidas, Rinad S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; COUNSELOR; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PENNSYLVANIA; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COUNSELORS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PHILADELPHIA; PUBLIC SECTOR; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85018811917     PISSN: 10943412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11414-017-9552-0     Document Type: Article

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