Implementing psychosocial evidence-based practices in mental health: are we moving in the right direction?

Abstract

One of the main goals of research in health sciences is to provide clinically relevant information aimed at generating effective interventions in the patients’ care. Many ways to bring the new knowledge into daily practice have been implemented: clinical guidelines, reviews in journals, continuing medical education (CME), courses and seminars, easy access to online information, and thers (1). However, there is a gap between evidence-based knowledge and clinical practice in different medical settings.