Evidence-based assessment for psychology

Evidence-based assessment (EBA) refers to the use of research and theory to guide the selection of constructs to be used for a specific assessment purpose and to inform the methods and measures used in the assessment process<ref name "hunsleymash2007">Hunsley, J; Mash, EJ (2007). "Evidence-based assessment.". Annual review of clinical psychology 3: 29-51. PMID 17716047. </ref>. It involves the recognition that, even with data from psychometrically strong measures, the assessment process is inherently a decision-making task in which the clinician must iteratively formulate and test hypotheses by integrating data that are often incomplete and consistent<ref name "hunsleymash2007">Hunsley, J; Mash, EJ (2007). "Evidence-based assessment.". Annual review of clinical psychology 3: 29-51. PMID 17716047. </ref>. EBA has been found to help clinicians in cognitively debiasing their clinical decisions[1].

EBA was first introduced in the field of medicine[2], and has been introduced to other fields, notably clinical psychology. The EBA approach is widely acknowledged to be an empirically driven method to clinical decision-making, and Cochrane reviews have reported the efficacy of EBA methods[3].

This page is an open-source format for clinicians to consult and update resources (called "disorder portfolios") on current evidence-based psychological assessments.

References

  1. ↑ Jenkins, MM; Youngstrom, EA; Washburn, JJ; Youngstrom, JK (April 2011). "Evidence-Based Strategies Improve Assessment of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder by Community Practitioners.". Professional psychology, research and practice 42 (2): 121-129. PMID 21625392.
  2. ↑ Sackett, DL; Rosenberg, WM; Gray, JA; Haynes, RB; Richardson, WS (13 January 1996). "Evidence based medicine: what it is and what it isn't.". BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 312 (7023): 71-2. PMID 8555924.
  3. ↑ Stacey, D; Bennett, CL; Barry, MJ; Col, NF; Eden, KB; Holmes-Rovner, M; Llewellyn-Thomas, H; Lyddiatt, A et al. (5 October 2011). "Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions.". The Cochrane database of systematic reviews (10): CD001431. PMID 21975733.
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