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This concise introduction to evidence-based social work practice
culls the most salient chapters from the interdisciplinary
Evidence-Based Practice Manual to form a student-friendly overview
of the issues and interventions they will encounter throughout
their BSW or MSW program. Part I defines terms and critical issues,
introducing students to the language and importance of
evidence-based practice and and critical thinking. Chapters will
explain how to search for evidence, how to evaluate what evidence
really is, how to ask the right questions, how to develop
standards, and how practitioners make use of research. Part II
consists of practical applications, with each chapter focusing on a
particular intervention or population. Topics include
cognitive-behavioral approaches to suicide risks, manualized
treatment with children, treating juvenile delinquents, and
interventions for OCD, anxiety disorders, substance abuse, PTSD,
depression, and recovery. Several chapters from the special edition
of Brief Treatment & Crisis Intervention on evidence-based
practice as well as two original chapters round out this
much-needed introduction to evidence-based social work practice.
The Evidence-Based Practice Manual was developed as an
all-inclusive and comprehensive practical desktop resource. It
includes 104 original chapters, each specially written by the most
prominent and experienced medical, public health, psychology,
social work, criminal justice, and public policy practitioners,
researchers, and professors in the United States and Canada. This
book is specifically designed with practitioners in mind, providing
at-a-glance overviews and direct application chapters. This is the
only interdisciplinary volume available for locating and applying
evidence-based assessment measures, treatment plans, and
interventions. Particular attention has been given to providing
practice guidelines and exemplars of evidence-based practice and
practice-based research.
The Evidence-Based Practice Manual emphasizes and summarizes key
elements, issues, concepts, and how-to approaches in the
development and application of evidence-based practice. Discussions
include program evaluation, quality and operational improvement
strategies, research grant applications, validating measurement
tools, and utilizing statistical procedures. Concise summaries of
the substantive evidence gained from methodologically rigorous
quantitative and qualitative research provide make this is an
accessible resource for a broad range of practitioners facing the
mandate of evidence-based practice in the health and human
services.
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