Corrections Community

Researchers from Texas Christian University studied a large population of drug abuse counselors focusing on the individuals as treatment counselors with respect to training and organization, a departure from the norm of studying counselors in the aggregate to ascertain the behavior of the organization...

The authors noted a significant gap between evidence-based practice (EBP) innovations and their adoption in the mental health care profession. [Fuller, B. E., Rieckmann, T., Nunes, E. V., Miller, M., Arfken, C., Edmundson, E., et al. (2007). Organizational readiness for change and opinions toward treatment...

Personnel from the Texas Christian University (TCU) examined the organizational functioning of alcohol and drug abuse treatment centers across two states in the Gulf Coast with reference to strategic planning, in particular staff training needs and transfer of evidence-based practice into clinical settings...

What impedes and fosters implementation success when evidence-based programs are applied in real world settings? This was the overarching question in a two-year study conducted by the Blueprints for Violence Prevention initiative, launched by the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV...