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Evidence-Based Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Oxymoron or Brave New Dawn?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 September 2001

Paul Ramchandani
Affiliation:
Park Hospital for Children, Old Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LQ
Carol Joughin
Affiliation:
FOCUS, Royal College of Psychiatrists Research Unit, 83 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0HW
Morris Zwi
Affiliation:
Child and Family Consultation Centre, Richmond Royal Hospital, Richmond, Surrey TW9 2TE
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Abstract

Professionals working in child and adolescent mental health services are increasingly encouraged to examine the evidence underlying their clinical practice. Embracing evidence-based practice can present difficulties, as barriers to changing practice exist. These difficulties are examined, along with the meaning of evidence-based practice in a multidisciplinary speciality, and the potential benefits that develop from it.

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Original Article
Copyright
© 2001 Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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