International growth of individual placement and support

摘要

Why are some evidence-based practices (EBPs) more widely disseminated worldwide than others? It typically takes nearly two decades for an intervention to be adopted in routine practice after research demonstrates its effectiveness, even within the country where it originates (Green et al., 2009). Transporting EBPs to other countries adds further difficulties and often is unsuccessful (Burns, 2000). One widely implemented EBP is individual placement and support (IPS), an employment programme for adults with serious mental illness developed in the USA that has spread to four continents over the past two decades (Drake et al., 2020). This essay discusses factors affecting expansion of IPS around the globe.