Emerging Evidence-Based Practices: Disease Management for Chemical Dependency

April 29, 2008 Presentation by Steven Ramsland, Ed.D., chief development officer and public sector president of Comprehensive Behavioral Care, Inc. from The 2008 Innovation Institute, held on April 29-30, 2008 in Boston, Massachusetts. Over the past decade, research in the field of mental health has demonstrated that there is consistent scientific evidence that some specific practices work well in improving outcomes in the lives of individuals diagnosed with a severe mental illness. These specific practices, or Evidence-Based Practices (EBPs), are interventions for which there is consistent, scientific evidence showing that they improve consumer outcomes. While there is . . .