Mission

The Center for Evidence-Based Practices (CEBP) at Case Western Reserve University is a technical-assistance organization that promotes knowledge development and the implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs) for the treatment and recovery of people diagnosed with mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders. The CEBP also implements and studies emerging best practices and other strategies and approaches in an effort to identify innovations that consistently generate improved outcomes and, thus, may become an EBP.

EBPs are service models that research has demonstrated to generate improved consumer outcomes. Organizations which maintain fidelity to the design of each EBP appear to achieve and sustain the best outcomes. Improved consumer outcomes may have a positive impact upon program and systems outcomes.


PRACTICES WE DISSEMINATE

The Center for Evidence-Based Practices provides technical assistance for (disseminates) the following:

  • Strategies for Substance Abuse and Mental Illness (SAMI)
    • Dual Diagnosis Capability in Addiction Treatment (DDCAT)
    • Dual Diagnosis Capability in Mental Health Treatment (DDCMHT)
    • Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT)
    • Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT) for Inpatient Settings
  • Integrated Primary and Behavioral Healthcare (IPBH)
  • Tobacco: Recovery Across the Continuum (TRAC)
  • Motivational Interviewing (MI)
  • Supported Employment (SE)
  • Benefits Planning (BP)

For more information about each, consult the "Practices" section of this website.

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TECHNICAL-ASSISTANCE SERVICES

Our technical assistance includes the following services:

  • Service-systems consultation
  • Program consultation
  • Clinical consultation
  • Training and education
  • Program evaluation (fidelity & outcomes)
  • Professional peer-networks
  • Research

The CEBP utilizes these comprehensive strategies to inspire, facilitate, and help sustain the following simultaneously:

  • Service-systems change
  • Organizational change
  • Clinical change

For more information about each of our services, consult the "Services" section of this website.

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