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March 2003
 EBAM For Practitioners: Evaluating & Using Research Evidence in
Clinical Practice
During the early-to-mid 1990s there was an intensive movement
worldwide to adopt principles of evidence-based medicine in all
healthcare disciplines. Such efforts were directed to the needs of
busy clinicians and staff, enabling them to critically interpret
research rather than accepting what was presented at face value.
Applied to addiction treatment, Evidence-Based Addiction Medicine (EBAM)
involves combining clinical expertise
with the best available external evidence on a topic of concern
gathered from various sources. EBAM approaches
empower addiction treatment providers to clearly differentiate
between clinical practices based on sound
evidence versus those founded more on traditional practice,
long-standing prejudices, or physiological
rationales that might be outdated.
Furthermore, in this era of managed care and increasing pressures
of accountability, evidence-based practices can help staff
respond convincingly to questions such as:
- Where did you hear about that treatment?
- How do you know the information is valid?
- What do you propose doing and what results do you expect?
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