Evidence-based practice is the model currently endorsed by UK and other authorities for, amongst other things, psychological interventions. Yet because it places value on randomized control trials and meta-analytic studies above other methodologies, it can be divorced from reality and is not always relevant to practitioners.

The current view of evidence and evidence-based practice / Peter Bower & Simon Gilbody -- Building a rigorous and relevant knowledge-base for the psychological therapies / Michael Barkham [and others] -- Scientific, practical, and personal decisions in selecting qualitative methods / Nancy Pistrang & Chris Barker -- Theory-building case studies as practice-based evidence / William B. Stiles -- Single-case quantitative methods for practice-based evidence / Dean McMillan & Stephen Morley -- Outcome questionnaire system (the OQ system) development and practical applications in health care settings / Michael J. Lambert, Nathan B. Hansen & S. Cory Harmon -- Treatment outcome package (TOP) : development and use in naturalistic settings / David Kraus & Louis Castonguay. Clinical outcomes in routine evaluation (CORE)--the core measures & system : measuring, monitoring, and managing quality evaluation in the psychological therapies / Michael Barkham [and others] -- Using benchmarks and benchmarking to improve quality of practice and services / Robert Lueger & Michael Barkham -- Constructing and disseminating outcome data at the service level : case tracking and benchmarking / Chris Leach & Wolfgang Lutz -- Organizational and conceptual framework for practice-based research on the effectiveness of psychotherapy and psychotherapy training / Robert Elliott & Alberto Zucconi -- Practice research networks and psychological services research in the UK and USA / Glenys Parry [and others] -- Improving practice and enhancing evidence / Michael Barkham, Gillian E. Hardy & John Mellor-Clark.