With the focus on transformation and integrated services for persons with co-occurring disorders, greater emphasis has been placed on the use of treatment practices that have been tested and shown by research to be effective. However, implementing new evidence-based practices into an agency for the treatment of mental health and substance use disorders for youth, adolescents, and adults is a challenging endeavor.

DMHMRSAS, COSIG/VASIP, and the Mid-Atlantic ATTC are
sponsoring this event to convene the substance abuse and mental health state and local leadership to facilitate system wide
transformation and implementation of EBPs.
Participants will explore:

• What is an evidence-based practice?
• What is the research about the implementation of
  these practices?
• What are the benefits
• What difficulties are encountered?
• What are the costs?
• What are the effects on staff workloads and morale?
• What role do supervisors and managers play?
• What are the benefits to clients and families?
• What does “recovery” mean in this context?

Conference Dates:
September 10-12, 2007

Location
Holiday Inn Koger Center
Richmond VA
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Cost
$75.00
Consumer Scholarships Available

Dean L. Fixsen, Ph.D.
Author,
Implementation Research:
A Synthesis of the Literature

Christie A. Cline, M.D., MBA
President of ZiaLogic
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Kenneth Minkoff, M.D.
Clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
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Stanley Sacks, Ph.D.
Director, Center for the Integration of Research and Practice at NDRI, New York City
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David Mee-Lee, M.D.
Chief Editor, ASAM PPC-2R, DML Training and Consulting