Evidence-based Practice

A report entitled A Guide to Treatments That Work was published by the American Psychological Association, and What Works for Whom, a review of psychotherapy techniques was published by the National Health Service in the United Kingdom (Waters). These are examples of evidence-based research. Evidence-based research is based on rigorous evaluation and systematic, standardized description of target populations, of the practices used in the programs, the theoretical relationship between the clients the program serves, the practices used, and the desired outcomes for the program. There must be clear evidence that the interventions proposed have outcomes which are meaningful to the participants and that can be measured objectively by independent investigators following the same research protocol.

Evidence is built up in a scientific manner by observation, description and measurement, determi

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