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Mental Health Clinicians’ Experiences Of Implementing Evidence-Based Treatments., Byron J. Powell, Carolina Hausmann-Stabile, J. Curtis Mcmillen

Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research Faculty Research and Scholarship

Implementation research has tremendous potential to bridge the research-practice gap; however, we know more about barriers to evidence-based care than the factors that contribute to the adoption and sustainability of evidence-based treatments (EBTs). This qualitative study explores the experiences of clinicians (N = 11) who were implementing EBTs, highlighting the factors that they perceived to be most critical to successful implementation. The clinicians’ narratives reveal many leverage points that can inform administrators, clinical supervisors, and clinicians who wish to implement EBTs, as well as other stakeholders who wish to develop and test strategies for moving EBTs into routine care.