Martin Webber is Programme Leader of the MSc in Mental Health Social Work with Children & Adults at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London. This is a post-qualifying course for experienced social workers who wish to acquire research training and become advanced practitioners. He came to the Institute of Psychiatry in 2002 as a Social Science Fellow to undertake an MSc in Health Services Research and PhD research on the role of social capital on recovery from depression. He is a qualified social worker and has worked as an Approved Social Worker in a community mental health team in the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames.

Research summaries are very good. Relates mainly to English legislation.

• Epistemology and Evidence-based Practice in Mental Health Social WorkContemporary Mental Health Social Work: A Synergy of Professional Practice and Legal ProcessMental-Health Policy: Shaping Social Work PracticeMental-Health Policy: Exploring its Evidence BaseBecoming an Evidence-Based Practitioner: Steps Towards Evidence-Based Practice in Mental-Health Social WorkHow to Critically Appraise Cross-sectional SurveysHow to Critically Appraise Randomised Controlled TrialsHow to Critically Appraise Cohort StudiesHow to Critically Appraise Case-Control StudiesHow to Critically Appraise Systematic ReviewsDemystifying P-values: A User-Friendly Introduction to Statistics Used in Mental-Health ResearchHow to Critically Appraise Qualitative StudiesConclusion - Advanced Practitioners: Bringing Research into Practice

Martin Webber is Programme Leader of the MSc in Mental Health Social Work with Children & Adults at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London. This is a post-qualifying course for experienced social workers who wish to acquire research training and become advanced practitioners. He came to the Institute of Psychiatry in 2002 as a Social Science Fellow to undertake an MSc in Health Services Research and PhD research on the role of social capital on recovery from depression. He is a qualified social worker and has worked as an Approved Social Worker in a community mental health team in the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames.

Research summaries are very good. Relates mainly to English legislation.

• Epistemology and Evidence-based Practice in Mental Health Social WorkContemporary Mental Health Social Work: A Synergy of Professional Practice and Legal ProcessMental-Health Policy: Shaping Social Work PracticeMental-Health Policy: Exploring its Evidence BaseBecoming an Evidence-Based Practitioner: Steps Towards Evidence-Based Practice in Mental-Health Social WorkHow to Critically Appraise Cross-sectional SurveysHow to Critically Appraise Randomised Controlled TrialsHow to Critically Appraise Cohort StudiesHow to Critically Appraise Case-Control StudiesHow to Critically Appraise Systematic ReviewsDemystifying P-values: A User-Friendly Introduction to Statistics Used in Mental-Health ResearchHow to Critically Appraise Qualitative StudiesConclusion - Advanced Practitioners: Bringing Research into Practice

Martin Webber is Programme Leader of the MSc in Mental Health Social Work with Children & Adults at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London. This is a post-qualifying course for experienced social workers who wish to acquire research training and become advanced practitioners. He came to the Institute of Psychiatry in 2002 as a Social Science Fellow to undertake an MSc in Health Services Research and PhD research on the role of social capital on recovery from depression. He is a qualified social worker and has worked as an Approved Social Worker in a community mental health team in the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames.

Research summaries are very good. Relates mainly to English legislation.

• Epistemology and Evidence-based Practice in Mental Health Social WorkContemporary Mental Health Social Work: A Synergy of Professional Practice and Legal ProcessMental-Health Policy: Shaping Social Work PracticeMental-Health Policy: Exploring its Evidence BaseBecoming an Evidence-Based Practitioner: Steps Towards Evidence-Based Practice in Mental-Health Social WorkHow to Critically Appraise Cross-sectional SurveysHow to Critically Appraise Randomised Controlled TrialsHow to Critically Appraise Cohort StudiesHow to Critically Appraise Case-Control StudiesHow to Critically Appraise Systematic ReviewsDemystifying P-values: A User-Friendly Introduction to Statistics Used in Mental-Health ResearchHow to Critically Appraise Qualitative StudiesConclusion - Advanced Practitioners: Bringing Research into Practice