title: AACAP 2005 Research Forum: speeding the adoption of evidence-based practice in pediatric psychiatry.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  At the 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), the Academy's Workgroup on Research conducted a Research Forum entitled "Increasing Research Literacy Through the Adoption of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in Pediatric Psychiatry."
  
  
  METHODS
  Forum participants focused on speeding the adoption of EBP across five areas: EBP as the preferred heuristic for teaching research literacy, use of EBP in training programs, dissemination of EBP in clinical practice, EBP in partnership with industry, and EBP as a framework for developing practice guidelines.
  
  
  RESULTS
  EBP provides an easy-to-understand method for accessing and evaluating the research literature and then applying this information to decisions about patient care. Although EBP has been gaining greater visibility in pediatric psychiatry, it is far from the preferred heuristic. To move the field toward fully embracing EBP will require greater understanding of what EBP is (and is not), educating mental health professionals in EBP skills, access to EBP resources, and a commitment to apply EBP to the conceptualization and design of research protocols and practice guidelines.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pediatric psychiatry would benefit from a principled commitment to follow other areas of medicine in adopting EBP.
authors: Drs. March, Chrisman, and Kondo are with the Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Dr. Szatmari is with the Department of Psychiatry at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; Canada; Dr. Bukstein is with Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh; Dr. Hamilton is with The Permanente Medical Group of California; Dr. Kremer is with Pfizer, Inc.; Dr. Kratochvil is with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.. Electronic address: jsmarch@acpub.duke.edu.
authors: John S
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authors: March
authors: Drs. March, Chrisman, and Kondo are with the Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Dr. Szatmari is with the Department of Psychiatry at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; Canada; Dr. Bukstein is with Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh; Dr. Hamilton is with The Permanente Medical Group of California; Dr. Kremer is with Pfizer, Inc.; Dr. Kratochvil is with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.
authors: Peter
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authors: Szatmari
authors: Drs. March, Chrisman, and Kondo are with the Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Dr. Szatmari is with the Department of Psychiatry at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; Canada; Dr. Bukstein is with Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh; Dr. Hamilton is with The Permanente Medical Group of California; Dr. Kremer is with Pfizer, Inc.; Dr. Kratochvil is with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.
authors: Oscar
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authors: Bukstein
authors: Drs. March, Chrisman, and Kondo are with the Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Dr. Szatmari is with the Department of Psychiatry at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; Canada; Dr. Bukstein is with Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh; Dr. Hamilton is with The Permanente Medical Group of California; Dr. Kremer is with Pfizer, Inc.; Dr. Kratochvil is with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.
authors: Allan
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authors: Chrisman
authors: Drs. March, Chrisman, and Kondo are with the Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Dr. Szatmari is with the Department of Psychiatry at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; Canada; Dr. Bukstein is with Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh; Dr. Hamilton is with The Permanente Medical Group of California; Dr. Kremer is with Pfizer, Inc.; Dr. Kratochvil is with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.
authors: Douglas
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authors: Kondo
authors: Drs. March, Chrisman, and Kondo are with the Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Dr. Szatmari is with the Department of Psychiatry at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; Canada; Dr. Bukstein is with Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh; Dr. Hamilton is with The Permanente Medical Group of California; Dr. Kremer is with Pfizer, Inc.; Dr. Kratochvil is with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.
authors: John D
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authors: Hamilton
authors: Drs. March, Chrisman, and Kondo are with the Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Dr. Szatmari is with the Department of Psychiatry at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; Canada; Dr. Bukstein is with Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh; Dr. Hamilton is with The Permanente Medical Group of California; Dr. Kremer is with Pfizer, Inc.; Dr. Kratochvil is with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.
authors: Charlotte M E
authors: CME
authors: Kremer
authors: Drs. March, Chrisman, and Kondo are with the Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Dr. Szatmari is with the Department of Psychiatry at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; Canada; Dr. Bukstein is with Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh; Dr. Hamilton is with The Permanente Medical Group of California; Dr. Kremer is with Pfizer, Inc.; Dr. Kratochvil is with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.
authors: Christopher J
authors: CJ
authors: Kratochvil
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D004493:Education / Q000458:organization & administration; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012106:Research