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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 4 Key concept: practice-based evidence (PBE)

From: Appraising psychotherapy case studies in practice-based evidence: introducing Case Study Evaluation-tool (CaSE)

Practice-based evidence (PBE) was introduced as an alternative paradigm to EBP. PBE focuses on assessing the variations and complexities of treatment in routine clinical practice. Research in PBE is concerned with the effectiveness of findings by examining how interventions work in real-world settings. External validity and contingency of findings is crucial to effectiveness research. An example of such research is the systematic case study.