Evidence-Based Practices and Multicultural Mental Health

As the mental health system moves toward the adoption of evidence-based practices (EBPs) in a push to improve quality, effectiveness, and accountability in mental health services, mental health care providers working with culturally diverse populations are faced with the new challenge of ensuring that these EBPs cater to the cultural preferences and diverse needs of their clients. This publication discusses cultural adaptations of EBPs along with the concept of practice-based evidence (PBE), which describes “a set of unique and inherent cultural practices that have non-traditional evidence based upon community consensus.”