Which State Policies Support the Delivery of Evidence-Based Mental Health Care ?

Some of the specific policy supports that increase the likelihood that states offer evidence-based care include,
but are not limited to:

• information systems/reports used to promote the adoption of EPBs;
• collaboration with universities used to provide on-going training to providers;
• establishment of research and training institutes to provide on-going training to providers related to EBPs;
• whether the state mental health authority conducts research/evaluations on child outcomes

Source: Bruns EJ, Parker EM, Hensley S, Pullmann MD, Benjamin PH, Lyon AR, Hoagwood KE (2019). The role of the outer setting in implementation: associations between state demographic, fiscal, and policy factors and use of evidence-based treatments in mental healthcare. Implementation Sci 14, 96 (2019) doi:10.1186/s13012-019-0944-9.