Dissemination of family-based treatment: Where are we now and where do we go from here?

One factor contributing to the research-practice gap is the common misconception that evidence-based practice is equivalent to evidence-based treatment. The latter refers to a specific form of intervention or technique that has empirical evidence-usually in the form of a randomized controlled trial-for its effectiveness in treating a particular ailment or illness within a specified patient population (Kazdin, 2008). However, evidencebased …