New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, Subcommittee on Evidence-Based Practices: Background Paper

The Background Paper by the Evidence-Based Subcommittee of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health has been released. After reviewing the opportunities created by the evidence-based practice approach, as well as some of its limitations, this paper describes a series of current initiatives in implementing evidence based practices. It also covers the importance of having an infrastructure for supporting that implementation activity.