I often have this impression that publishing is often more about "scoring points" than anything else. What could we do as a community to get through and make it more applicable in reality, so clinical psychologists, counselors, therapists and mental health service users could benefit from this. What is your experience and did you try to contact those working with people?
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I think you are quite right and "scoring points" may especially be a thought for beginners unless you are at a stage where you either feel its not important or you feel it does not matter.
May be we can focus on publishing what we think is needed, write in a way that is understandable to common public and send the paper and relevant research to the users who can get benefit from it....
In my experience the gulf between the researchers and the practitioners is mitigated by many forces (such as an Agency) which may be reliant on grants, and thus deploying an "evidence-based" practice that while statistically sound, is not well translated into practice. In agency work, little choice is left to the practitioner. I feel the goal of solid research and science should be viewed through the practice lens and not just through the laboratory results. This means that researchers need qualitative experience, and familiarity at a personal level with the population that is targeted. Bringing reflexive, subjective, and including experiential knowledge into research helps to inform the direct application of work in the field. This is a sorely needed component in clinical research.
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