Psychology: Evidence-Based Practice

Practice Guidelines: Resources

Society of Clinical Psychology: Research-Supported Psychological Treatments
Division 12: APA
EBP Resource Center (from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines
via psychiatryonline
Canadian Medical Associaiton - Clinical Practice Guidelines
via CMA Infobase, users can sort guidelines by Specialties (ex: Psychiatry)
National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence: NICE (U.K.)
International Guidelines Library

Levels of Evidence

Synthesis Reviews

Are you thinking of conducting a synthesis review (systematic review, scoping review, realist review, etc.)?

Consult this Synthesis Review Toolkit which was developed to guide individuals from various academic backgrounds through their journey of conducting a synthesis review.

Key Sources for Finding Evidence Reviews

Cochrane Library

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Cochrane Library Tip:

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: choose the Advanced Search > Search Limits to limit to Cochrane Reviews.

APA PsycInfo

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PsycINFO Tips:

Search by subject headings: Evidence-Based Practice and Best Practices are both recognized subject headings. Combine both of these subject headings with a specific psychological term.
Limit by Methodology: Systematic Review is a Methodology limiter, so to is Meta Analysis (Additional Limits). The broader Literature Review is also available.

MEDLINE: Ovid MEDLINE

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MedLine Tip:

Limit to Systematic Reviews under Subject Subsets (Additional Limits).

EMBASE: Excerpta Medica & EMBASE Classic

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Embase Tip:

Limit to EBM-Evidence Based Medicine (or a subset, ex: Systematic Review) under Additional Limits.

CINAHL Plus with Full Text: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature

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CINAHL Tips:

Under "Refine your results", choose "Show More"; Evidence-Based Practice is an option.
In the Publications Type menu, you can select Systematic Review.

The Campbell Collaboration: "an international research network that produces systematic reviews of the effects of social interventions".

BMJ Clinical Evidence: "An international peer-reviewed journal publishing systematic reviews of important clinical conditions".

Trip database: a clinical search engine that looks for systematic reviews, meta-analyses, evidence summaries, article synopses and more from a single search.

What is Evidence-Based Practice?

The APA defines evidence-based practice (EBP) as "the integration of the best available research with clinical expertise in the context of patient characteristics, culture and preferences".

Other commonly-used terminology used within EBP is Empirically Supported Treatments (EST) and Evidence-Based Psychological Interventions (EBPI).

Evidence-Based Behavioral Practice (EBBP)

The Evidence Based Behavioural Practice site "creates training resources to help bridge the gap between behavioral health research and practice".

This comprehensive website includes: