Federal, State, and Foundation Initiatives Around Evidence-Based Practices for Child and Adolescent Mental Health☆
This article is a survey of many of the initiatives developed by federal and state agencies and foundations focusing on evidence-based mental health practices for children and adolescents. The article intends to show the tremendous interest in the development, dissemination, and implementation of evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health that is held by a wide variety of agencies and organizations. Several “next steps” for the field are suggested that might be developed in a subsequent series of initiatives. These steps include a better understanding of dissemination and implementation processes, increased clarity around definitions and terms, increased efforts to build infrastructure and support policy change, and the potential for an aggregation of data already gathered on the implementation of evidence-based practices.
aNational Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, MSC 9631, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892-9631, USA
bDepartment of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, USA
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☆ The summary of initiatives and discussions represented in this article are from the perspectives of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the US Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institute of Mental Health, Columbia University, or the New York State Office of Mental Health.
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