February 1, 2021 | Publications

Making Psychotherapy Available in the United States: Implementation Challenges and Solutions

This article examines the inadequate treatment of mental illness in the US health care system, and advocates that diverse stakeholders come together to ensure that evidence-based psychotherapy is more readily available within the system.

October 13, 2020 | Publications

Modernizing Training in Psychotherapy Competencies With Adaptive Learning Systems: Proof of Concept

This proof-of-concept study assessed the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of an intelligent tutoring system (ITS) as a classroom adjunct to improve training bachelor of social work (BSW) students in client engagement strategies.

December 4, 2019 | Publications

Acceptability of a Lay-delivered Intervention for Depression in Senior Centers

This study examined the implementation of lay-delivered behavioral interventions to help seniors with depression to increase participation in rewarding activities. The study found high depression rates among senior center clients and supported the acceptability of lay-delivered behavioral interventions.

August 1, 2019 | Publications

Lay-delivered Behavioral Activation for Depressed Senior Center Clients: Pilot RCT

This pilot randomized control trial examined the feasibility of training volunteers to deliver a behavioral health intervention “Do More, Feel Better”, and looked at the acceptability, impact and safety of this intervention. Pilot data found “Do More, Feel Better” has the potential of transferring evidence-based behavioral interventions to the hands of supervised lay volunteers and can address the insufficient workforce providing geriatric mental health services.

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