Rejoinder to Mordock's critique of the Fort Bragg Evaluation Project: the sample is generalizable and the outcomes are clear.
The Fort Bragg Evaluation Project (FBEP) showed that children in a well implemented and expensive continuum of care had no better clinical outcomes than those experiencing more traditional and fragmented services. In an article published in this journal that was critical of the evaluation, Mordock argued that the FBEP results be viewed with skepticism because of what he perceived to be methodological, design, measurement, and analytic failures of this study. We think it is important to respond to Mordock's critique since it contributes to the great reluctance to seriously consider the study's findings and their implications.
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Center for Mental Health Policy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37212, USA. bickman@uansv5.vanderbilt.edu
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Saunders
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009657:North Carolina; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012107:Research Design