Integrating Evidence-Based Mental Health Practice in Hawaii: For New Practitioners

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This text examines the use of evidence-based practices (EBPs) within the mental health professions serving the unique and culturally diverse clients of Hawaii. This text is an introduction to this multifaceted topic and gives readers a solid foundation from which to begin their clinical work in Hawaii and perhaps spark their interest in evidenced-based practice and clinical outcome research.

This text approaches the subject from a learner's perspective and attempts to answer the most pressing questions on this complex topic:

What do students and new practitioners need to know about evidence-based practice today What kinds of presenting issues would a new practitioner in Hawaii likely see and What are the unique cultural aspects of practicing in Hawaii

Profits from the sale of this book have been donated to the graduate student organization in the Psychology Department at Hawaii Pacific University.

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Garrett, M., Berg, A., and Roberts, R. (editors). The authors of this text include more than 20 contributors most of whom are doctoral students or recent graduates or mental health professors.