Increasing awareness among psychologists to adopt evidence-based practice in their profession is present. However, the access to literature is perhaps the single most powerful impeding factor to the adoption of evidence-based practice. This impediment is characterized by high cost of information coupled with multiple barriers to identifying evidence-based answers to clinical questions (Falzon, Davidson, & Bruns, 2010). This paper reviewed the available evidence on the Cochrane library on evidence-based practice for cognitive behavioral therapy to determine the access to this information, a description of the research provided and a description of the results of the search.
A preliminary search on evidence-based psychology practice was done on the Cochrane Library website to identify topics of interest. Cognitive behavioral therapy was one of the widely available topics present. As such, this topic was looked at to determine its viability in research. Different review methods were used to evaluate the outcomes provided within research articles, including the systematic review of the literature. In this method, there was largely the use of narrative and tabular methods to compare literature within the article to previous research in the topic, thereby actively evaluating outcomes between the articles in review to existing evidence in the field (Grant & Booth, 2009). In other instance, the research adopted a systematic review, where a qualitative approach was taken to compare the findings of the research article to existing literature on the subject matter.
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After evaluating the results of the search, it is possible to come to the conclusion that the search results were valuable to the research. The results yielded results for multiple areas of interest in cognitive behavioral therapy, including its use in depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety and outward aggression towards people with disabilities among others. Moreover, the studies also covered different populations, including adolescents, children, adults and people with disabilities among others. As such, it is possible to conclude that the research offered insightful literature on multiple avenues of interest within the research topic, thereby offering a full-range coverage.
References
Falzon, L., Davidson, K. W., & Bruns, D. (2010). Evidence searching for evidence-based psychology practice. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 41(6) , 550.
Grant, M. J., & Booth, A. (2009). A typology of reviews: an analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies. Health Information & Libraries Journal, 26(2) , 91-108.
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