Evidence Based Practice

Introduction This article review is based on the critical analysis of the articles based on the role of practice based evidence and evidence based practice in treatment of psychological disorders. Since the conception of applied psychology, psychologists have deep concerns regarding evidence based practice for patient care. It has been argued in the articles that evidence based practice technique has been proved to be more effective in treatment of mental ailments as compared to practice based evidence method. Evidence based practice in psychology has resulted in effective patient outcomes by collaborating clinical information with relevant research. It has been contemplated by the researchers that evidence based practices works on the basis

The importance of this new concept is based on the fact that practice based model emphasize and focus on the treatment needs of individual patients. Practice based model indicates that it more effective to adopt customized treatment options according to the patients’ needs and preferences of individual patients. It has been argued in the articles that this model of psychological treatment is more effective as compared to evidence based practice. Moreover, it has been argued by the researcher that the flaws in application of evidence based model are not published in the research studies due to the biasness (Hoagwood et al., 2014).

Methodological Issues

The supporters of practice based treatment model indicate that practical knowledge that comes from experience is more effective in finding out appropriate treatment methods for individual patients. Moreover, practice based knowledge is the integral part of evidence based practice model which works in collaboration with evidences from scientific research studies (Mitchell & Doncaster, 2011). There are various research studies that are in biasness towards evidence-based practice model.

Allegiance Effect: Studies developed supporters of evidence-based practice model are frequently biased in favor of a particular treatment model.

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They argue that this model is most effective in finding out appropriate treatment methods for patients. This model is considered as most operative for the treatment of mental disorders because it is based on evidence from scientific research in collaboration with practical knowledge which minimizes risks of treatment ineffectiveness. On the contrary, some researchers consider practice based model to be more effective as compared to evidence based model as it can treat individual patients in customized manner based on the context of individual patient’s treatment needs and