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Abstract #121666

Richard Finkbiner, PhD, NREPP, Manila Consulting Group, 6707 Old Dominion Drive, Suite 315, McLean, VA 22101, 571 633 9797, rfinkbiner@manilaconsulting.net

The National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices (NREPP) is designed to meet SAMHSA's objective identifying and verifying the effectiveness of the elements of care for mental health and substance abuse disorders. NREPP focuses on the effect size of outcomes and the methodological quality of the evidence for the outcomes in assessing the effectiveness of protocols and treatment practices submitted for consideration. Manualized treatment provides a potential balance between recognition of the value of the individual therapeutic relationship and use of a proven therapeutic technique. In applying NREPP criteria to manualized treatments, however, pilot tests found that reports of effectiveness research on these practices often contain unnecessary omissions or contradictions that reduce the credibility of the evidence. This presentation will guide attendees through the process that NREPP applies to a set of articles and papers describing manualized treatment for a condition, explaining how the criteria would apply.

Learning Objectives:

• 1. Awareness of specific recent changes in the evaluation procedures and criteria employed by SAMHSA's National Registry for Evidence-Based Programs and Practices.
• 2. Identification of the linkages between the adoption of these procedures and criteria and the evolution of the meaning of "What works?" in substance abuse treatment and prevention.
• 3. Improved skills in preparing submissions for NREPP evaluation.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

Recorded presentation