Organizational Culture and Climate Predicts Use of Evidence-based Practices in the Treatment of Youth with Psychiatric Disorders
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaMany mental health therapists use treatments that have little evidence to support them. A new multi-institution study led by Penn Medicine has found that an organization’s culture and climate are better predictors of the use of evidence-based practices than an individual therapist’s characteristics in the treatment of children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders.