National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices

Intervention Summaries

NREPP includes the following types of interventions: mental health promotion, mental health treatment, substance abuse prevention, substance abuse treatment, and interventions for co-occurring disorders. For each intervention, SAMHSA provides an intervention summary. Each of the intervention summaries includes the following: (a) a description of the intervention itself and its targeted outcomes, (b) ratings of the quality of the research and its readiness for dissemination, (c) a list of research studies and other materials that were submitted for review, and (d) contact information for the developer of each intervention.

Using NREPP

Currently, the NREPP includes 100 interventions. Interventions can be located at http://www.nrepp.samhsa.gov/find.asp. This Web site allows users to search for interventions by topic, area of interest, evaluation/study design, implementation history, population, or setting. Users can choose one or more of these search options to find an intervention suitable to their needs. For example, a clinician looking for a substance abuse treatment intervention for African American males would use his or her computer mouse to click on the box next to "substance abuse treatment," "Black or African American," and "male." After choosing the selected criteria, the clinician would then click on the "search" button located on the screen. All the interventions in the registry that match the selected criteria would then be listed for the clinician to view. However, a user could also access interventions by entering key words into the search engine located on the Web page rather than selecting criteria from the listed options.

Submissions to NREPP

Researchers or developers who have scientifically tested a prevention or treatment intervention for substance use or mental health disorders can submit their intervention to NREPP for review. If a submission is found to meet NREPP's minimum requirements, then it will be included in the NREPP. The minimum requirements are as follows: (a) The intervention has been found to have statistically significant (p < .05) outcomes in one or more clinical studies; (b) the clinical study has been published in a peer-reviewed publication or evaluation report; and (c) there are adequate materials made available to the public to allow for implementation of the model, including manuals, process guides, and training materials.

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