Identifying and Selecting the Common Elements of Evidence Based Interventions: A Distillation and Matching Model

Bruce F. Chorpita, Eric L. Daleiden, and John R.Weisz

Mental Health Services Research, Vol. 7, No. 1, March 2005 ( C 2005) DOI: 10.1007/s11020-005-1962-6

A model is proposed whereby the intervention literature can be empirically factored or distilled
to derive profiles from evidence-based approaches. The profiles can then be matched
to individual clients based on consideration of their target problems, as well as demographic
and contextual factors. Application of the model is illustrated by an analysis of the youth
treatment literature. Benefits of the model include its potential to facilitate improved understanding
of similarities and differences among treatments, to guide treatment selection and
matching to clients, to address gaps in the literature, and to point to possibilities for new
interventions based on the current research base.