APA task force recommends dissemination of evidence-based practice to address gaps in mental health care for children and adolescents

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Evidence Based

scholarly journals Professionalism and Evidence-Based Mental Health Care: The Roadblocks and New Ways

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Oyeyemi Olajumoke Oyelade ◽  
Agathe Uwintonze ◽  
Munirat Olayinka Adebiyi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
World Health Organisation ◽  
World Health ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Evidence Based Care

BACKGROUND: Knowledge acquisition and knowledge update through research remains an important factor to ensure quality and cost-effective care, which is the hallmark of professionalism and evidence-based care. Knowledge is vital in nursing due to the centrality of nursing to health care. More importantly is mental health because mental health is primary to general health, just as nursing is the heartbeat of health care. This makes the issue of mental health care, a necessary service that cannot be overemphasised. The World Health Organisation declares mental health as the essential form of health that needs to be acquired without which all others form of health may not be achieved. Further to this, the global emphasis on care and recovery of lost mental health is on the increase. This, therefore, makes evidence-based mental health care, a necessity and not a choice. AIM: To discuss evidence-based nursing, the benefits, challenges and opportunities. METHODOLOGY: This article adopts the traditional review method to assess the concept of discussion on mental health care, evidence-based practice and professionalism. FINDINGS: The term evidence-based care Is gaining recognition in a variety of professions and organisations. The use of evidence in nursing care is influenced by policies, knowledge of time management, availability of human resources, practice autonomy and attitude of professionals. However, the use of evidence-based practice is not debatable. CONCLUSION: The use of scientific evidence for validating nursing care is germane. This article exposed the barriers to evidence-based mental health nursing and the way forward. 

Unifying and Elevating Rehabilitation Counseling Through Model-Driven, Diversity-Sensitive Evidence-Based Practice

2008 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 46-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fong Chan ◽  
Vilia Tarvydas ◽  
Kacie Blalock ◽  
David Strauser ◽  
Bobbie J. Atkins
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Informed Choice ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
Rehabilitation Outcomes ◽  
Counseling Practices

Rehabilitation counseling must embrace an evidence-based practice paradigm to remain a vital and respected member of the future community of professions in rehabilitation and mental health care and to fully discharge its responsibility to assist consumers in accessing effective rehabilitation interventions and exercising truly informed choice. The goals of this article are to (a) discuss the importance of using model-driven and culturally sensitive evidence-based rehabilitation counseling practices to enhance rehabilitation outcomes for people with disabilities, (b) highlight the needs for an integrative conceptual framework of disability that can be used to conduct systematic rehabilitation counseling research and to examine mediators and moderators affecting vocational rehabilitation outcomes, and (c) recommend changes in rehabilitation counseling practice, education, and research.

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