Integrating Evidence-Based Mental Health Practice in Hawai'i: For New Practitioners

This text examines the use of evidence-based practices (EBPs) within the mental health professions serving the unique and culturally diverse clients of Hawai?i. This text is an introduction to this multifaceted topic and gives readers a solid foundation from which to begin their clinical work in Hawai?i 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 Hawai?i likely see? and What are the unique cultural aspects of practicing in Hawai?i? Profits from the sale of this book have been donated to the graduate student organization in the Psychology Department at Hawai?i Pacific University.