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Slovak P, Munson SA. HCI Contributions in Mental Health: A Modular Framework to Guide Psychosocial Intervention Design. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIGCHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS. CHI CONFERENCE 2024; 2024:692. [PMID: 38770195 PMCID: PMC11105670 DOI: 10.1145/3613904.3642624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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Many people prefer psychosocial interventions for mental health care or other concerns, but these interventions are often complex and unavailable in settings where people seek care. Intervention designers use technology to improve user experience or reach of interventions, and HCI researchers have made many contributions toward this goal. Both HCI and mental health researchers must navigate tensions between innovating on and adhering to the theories of change that guide intervention design. In this paper, we propose a framework that describes design briefs and evaluation approaches for HCI contributions at the scopes of capabilities, components, intervention systems, and intervention implementations. We show how theories of change (from mental health) can be translated into design briefs (in HCI), and that these translations can bridge and coordinate efforts across fields. It is our hope that this framework can support researchers in motivating, planning, conducting, and communicating work that advances psychosocial intervention design.
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Alexopoulos GS, Raue PJ, Banerjee S, Marino P, Renn BN, Solomonov N, Adeagbo A, Sirey JA, Hull TD, Kiosses DN, Mauer E, Areán PA. Comparing the streamlined psychotherapy "Engage" with problem-solving therapy in late-life major depression. A randomized clinical trial. Mol Psychiatry 2021; 26:5180-5189. [PMID: 32612251 PMCID: PMC7775269 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-020-0832-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2020] [Revised: 06/01/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Effective psychotherapies for late-life depression are underutilized, mainly because of their complexity. "Engage" is a novel, streamlined psychotherapy that relies on neurobiology to identify core behavioral pathology of late-life depression and targets it with simple interventions, co-designed with community therapists so that they can be delivered in community settings. Consecutively recruited adults (≥60 years) with major depression (n = 249) were randomly assigned to 9 weekly sessions of "Engage" or to the evidence-based Problem-Solving Therapy (PST) offered by 35 trained community social workers and assessed by blind raters. "Engage" therapists required an average of 30% less training time to achieve fidelity to treatment than PST therapists and had one-third of the PST therapists' skill drift. Both treatments led to reduction of HAM-D scores over 9 weeks. The mixed effects model-estimated HAM-D ratings were not significantly different between the two treatments at any assessment point of the trial. The one-sided 95% CI for treatment-end difference was (-∞, 0.07) HAM-D points, indicating a non-inferiority margin of 1.3 HAM-D points or greater; this margin is lower than the pre-determined 2.2-point margin. The two treatment arms had similar response (HR = 1.08, 95% CI (0.76, 1.52), p = 0.67) and remission rates (HR = 0.89, 95% CI (0.57, 1.39), p = 0.61). We conclude that "Engage" is non-inferior to PST. If disseminated, "Engage" will increase the number of therapists who can reliably treat late-life depression and make effective psychotherapy available to large numbers of depressed older adults.
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- George S Alexopoulos
- Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, White Plains, NY, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
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- Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, White Plains, NY
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- Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, White Plains, NY
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
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- Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, White Plains, NY
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- Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, White Plains, NY
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- Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, White Plains, NY
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- Talkspace, New York, NY,Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
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- Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, White Plains, NY
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- Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, White Plains, NY
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
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Lal A, Jonathan N. Marriage and Family Therapy Education and Training: The Development of a Competency-Based Model. CONTEMPORARY FAMILY THERAPY 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10591-021-09600-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Harrison KL. A call to action: Online learning and distance education in the training of couple and family therapists. JOURNAL OF MARITAL AND FAMILY THERAPY 2021; 47:408-423. [PMID: 33755219 DOI: 10.1111/jmft.12512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Revised: 03/08/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Distance education in couple and family therapy (CFT) has grown in recent years; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many CFT educators find themselves delivering emergency online education out of necessity and for the first time. Despite the growth of distance learning over the last decade, there is virtually no CFT scholarship on the topic. Comparable disciplines, including social work and professional counseling, are further along in researching distance learning. Outside of the counseling disciplines, there is also ample scholarship guiding the delivery of distance education. This article builds on the small body of CFT scholarship on technology in training and supervision, reviewing extant research on distance learning in social work and counselor education. Major themes in this research reveal opportunities and challenges associated with distance learning and offer guidance about ways that CFT education can evolve in order to effectively integrate technology and online learning into our educational landscape.
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- Kristi L Harrison
- School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Northcentral University, San Diego, CA, USA
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Northey WF, Gehart DR. The Condensed MFT Core Competencies: A Streamlined Approach for Measuring Student and Supervisee Learning Using the MFT Core Competencies. JOURNAL OF MARITAL AND FAMILY THERAPY 2020; 46:42-61. [PMID: 31106874 DOI: 10.1111/jmft.12386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In this article, the authors present a condensed version of the Marriage and Family Therapy Core Competencies (MFT-CC), collapsing the original 128 MFT-CC to 16 using a qualitative research method. Educators, supervisors, and researchers can more easily and efficiently use the condensed MFT-CC to measure student and supervisee learning for accreditation and training. The 16 Condensed MFT-CC are mapped to the original MFT-CC, COAMFTE's Version 12 Foundational Curriculum Areas and the Association for Marital and Family Therapy Regulatory Boards 6 domains upon which the national exam is predicated.
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Lyon AR, Munson SA, Renn BN, Atkins DC, Pullmann MD, Friedman E, Areán PA. Use of Human-Centered Design to Improve Implementation of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies in Low-Resource Communities: Protocol for Studies Applying a Framework to Assess Usability
. JMIR Res Protoc 2019; 8:e14990. [PMID: 31599736 PMCID: PMC6819011 DOI: 10.2196/14990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2019] [Revised: 09/10/2019] [Accepted: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND This paper presents the protocol for the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded University of Washington's ALACRITY (Advanced Laboratories for Accelerating the Reach and Impact of Treatments for Youth and Adults with Mental Illness) Center (UWAC), which uses human-centered design (HCD) methods to improve the implementation of evidence-based psychosocial interventions (EBPIs). We propose that usability-the degree to which interventions and implementation strategies can be used with ease, efficiency, effectiveness, and satisfaction-is a fundamental, yet poorly understood determinant of implementation. OBJECTIVE We present a novel Discover, Design/Build, and Test (DDBT) framework to study usability as an implementation determinant. DDBT will be applied across Center projects to develop scalable and efficient implementation strategies (eg, training tools), modify existing EBPIs to enhance usability, and create usable and nonburdensome decision support tools for quality delivery of EBPIs. METHODS Stakeholder participants will be implementation practitioners/intermediaries, mental health clinicians, and patients with mental illness in nonspecialty mental health settings in underresourced communities. Three preplanned projects and 12 pilot studies will employ the DDBT model to (1) identify usability challenges in implementing EBPIs in underresourced settings; (2) iteratively design solutions to overcome these challenges; and (3) compare the solution to the original version of the EPBI or implementation strategy on usability, quality of care, and patient-reported outcomes. The final products from the center will be a streamlined modification and redesign model that will improve the usability of EBPIs and implementation strategies (eg, tools to support EBPI education and decision making); a matrix of modification targets (ie, usability issues) that are both common and unique to EBPIs, strategies, settings, and patient populations; and a compilation of redesign strategies and the relative effectiveness of the redesigned solution compared to the original EBPI or strategy. RESULTS The UWAC received institutional review board approval for the three separate studies in March 2018 and was funded in May 2018. CONCLUSIONS The outcomes from this center will inform the implementation of EBPIs by identifying cross-cutting features of EBPIs and implementation strategies that influence the use and acceptability of these interventions, actively involving stakeholder clinicians and implementation practitioners in the design of the EBPI modification or implementation strategy solution and identifying the impact of HCD-informed modifications and solutions on intervention effectiveness and quality. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03515226 (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03515226), NCT03514394 (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03514394), and NCT03516513 (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03516513). INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID) DERR1-10.2196/14990.
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- Aaron R Lyon
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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Lebow JL. Editorial: Family Therapy and the Mental Health Professions Across the Globe. FAMILY PROCESS 2019; 58:269-272. [PMID: 31161613 DOI: 10.1111/famp.12460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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- Jay L Lebow
- Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, IL
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Waldron SK, Walker J, Kanji Z, von Bergmann H. Dental Hygiene Clinical Instructors' Pedagogical Beliefs and Described Practices About Student-Centered Education. J Dent Educ 2019; 83:1019-1029. [PMID: 31133616 DOI: 10.21815/jde.019.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Accepted: 03/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The aims of this study were to understand dental hygiene clinical instructors' teaching and learning perspectives regarding their described pedagogical beliefs, perceived roles in facilitating learning, and factors that influenced those perspectives and to assess how their espoused beliefs matched their instructional practice in relation to student-centered competency-based education. The Theory of Planned Behavior was used as a theoretical framework to guide the qualitative study design and analysis. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 15 dental hygiene clinical instructors at a Canadian university in 2014. Transcript data derived from the interviews were coded for thematic analysis. In the results, these dental hygiene clinical instructors reported a spectrum of pedagogical beliefs, with one end defined as student-centered and the other end teacher-centered. While the instructors tended to describe their teaching as student-centered, their responses in the simulated teaching scenarios of the interview were closer to teacher-centered practices. Interview-analysis results showed that the process by which the instructors developed their approaches to teaching was multifactorial. Factors included instructors' perceptions of their own learning experiences, experiences of inter-instructor collaboration, and methods of supporting students' self-efficacy in learning. Given the emergence of support for student-centered education ideology and the program's adoption of this ideology, this exploratory study suggests that uncovering the teaching and learning beliefs of instructors is crucial prior to designing faculty development programs.
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- Shannon K Waldron
- Shannon K. Waldron, BDSc, MSc, RDH, is Clinical Instructor, Vancouver College of Dental Hygiene; Jude Walker, PhD, is Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia; Zul Kanji, EdD, RDH, is Director, Dental Hygiene Degree Program, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia; and HsingChi von Bergmann, PhD, is Professor and Director, Dental Education Research Lab, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia
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- Shannon K. Waldron, BDSc, MSc, RDH, is Clinical Instructor, Vancouver College of Dental Hygiene; Jude Walker, PhD, is Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia; Zul Kanji, EdD, RDH, is Director, Dental Hygiene Degree Program, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia; and HsingChi von Bergmann, PhD, is Professor and Director, Dental Education Research Lab, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia
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- Shannon K. Waldron, BDSc, MSc, RDH, is Clinical Instructor, Vancouver College of Dental Hygiene; Jude Walker, PhD, is Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia; Zul Kanji, EdD, RDH, is Director, Dental Hygiene Degree Program, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia; and HsingChi von Bergmann, PhD, is Professor and Director, Dental Education Research Lab, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia
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- Shannon K. Waldron, BDSc, MSc, RDH, is Clinical Instructor, Vancouver College of Dental Hygiene; Jude Walker, PhD, is Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia; Zul Kanji, EdD, RDH, is Director, Dental Hygiene Degree Program, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia; and HsingChi von Bergmann, PhD, is Professor and Director, Dental Education Research Lab, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia.
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Fife ST, D'Aniello C, Scott S, Sullivan E. Marriage and Family Therapy Students' Experience with Common Factors Training. JOURNAL OF MARITAL AND FAMILY THERAPY 2019; 45:191-205. [PMID: 29701330 DOI: 10.1111/jmft.12333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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With the increased empirical and theoretical support for common factors in the psychotherapy literature, marriage and family therapy (MFT) scholars have begun discussing the inclusion of common factors in MFT training. However, there is very little empirical research on common factors training or how to include common factors in MFT curricula. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to investigate MFT students' experience with common factors training. Seventeen master's degree students who received training in common factors participated in the study. Data was comprised of participants' journal reflections and focus group interviews on their experience learning about common factors and how this influenced their work with clients. Participants' responses to the training were overwhelmingly positive and highlighted the ways in which studying common factors enhanced their confidence, understanding of MFT models, conceptual abilities, and clinical practice. Additional results and discussion about incorporating common factors in MFT training are presented.
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Piercy FP, Earl RM, Aldrich RK, Nguyen HN, Steelman SM, Haugen E, Riger D, Tsokodayi RT, West J, Keskin Y, Gary E. Most and Least Meaningful Learning Experiences in Marriage and Family Therapy Education. JOURNAL OF MARITAL AND FAMILY THERAPY 2016; 42:584-598. [PMID: 27282713 DOI: 10.1111/jmft.12176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Marriage and family therapy educators increasingly emphasize training competencies. What we know less about is what makes family therapy education meaningful to marriage and family therapy (MFT) graduate students and what does not. In this study, through an Internet survey, we explored the most and least meaningful learning experiences of 68 MFT graduate students and recent graduates of Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education-accredited programs. We used thematic analysis to identify and illustrate resulting themes, which included the importance of experiential and personal components to learning, the professor-student alliance, tying theory to practice, and the experiences of students with their clients, among others. We discuss the implications of these findings to support family therapy education and offer tentative suggestions for formative discussions both within and across programs. Video Abstract is found in the online version of the article.
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Parra-Cardona JR, Aguilar Parra E, Wieling E, Domenech Rodríguez MM, Fitzgerald HE. Closing The Gap between Two Countries: Feasibility of Dissemination Of An Evidence-Based Parenting Intervention in México. JOURNAL OF MARITAL AND FAMILY THERAPY 2015; 41:465-80. [PMID: 25244577 DOI: 10.1111/jmft.12098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In this manuscript, we describe the initial steps of an international program of prevention research in Monterrey, México. Specifically, we present a feasibility study focused on exploring the level of acceptability reported by a group of Mexican mothers who were exposed to a culturally adapted parenting intervention originally developed in the United States. The efficacious intervention adapted in this investigation is known as Parent Management Training, the Oregon Model (PMTO(®)). Following a description of our international partnership, we describe the implementation of the pilot study aimed at determining initial feasibility. Qualitative data provided by 40 Mexican mothers exposed to the culturally adapted parenting intervention illustrate the participants' high level of receptivity toward the intervention, as well as the beneficial impact on their parenting practices.
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Models of care for late-life depression of the medically ill: examples from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and stroke. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2015; 23:477-87. [PMID: 25028344 PMCID: PMC4272675 DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2014.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2013] [Revised: 05/19/2014] [Accepted: 06/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Depression worsens most treatment outcomes in medically ill older adults. Chronic medical illnesses weaken and demoralize patients and compromise their ability to adhere to treatments requiring consistency and effort. Acute medical illnesses create a psychosocial storm that finds patients and their ecosystem unprepared. We describe two intervention models that can be used to target and personalize treatment in depressed, chronically, or acutely medically ill older adults. The Personalized Adherence Intervention for Depression and COPD (PID-C) is a model intervention for depressed patients with chronic medical illnesses. It targets patient-specific barriers to treatment engagement and aims to shift the balance in favor of treatment participation. PID-C led to higher remission rates of depression, reduction in depressive symptoms, and reduction in dyspnea-related disability. The addition of problem-solving training enables patients to use resources available to them and hopefully improve their outcomes. Ecosystem-focused therapy (EFT) is a model intervention for depression developing in the context of an acute medical event. It was developed for patients with poststroke depression (PSD) and targets five areas, part of the "psychosocial storm" originating from the patient's sudden disability and the resulting change in the patient's needs and family's life. A preliminary study suggests that EFT is feasible and efficacious in reducing depressive symptoms and signs and disability in PSD.
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Piercy FP. On maps, shapeshifting, and my syllabus: family therapies today. JOURNAL OF MARITAL AND FAMILY THERAPY 2015; 41:1-4. [PMID: 25615812 DOI: 10.1111/jmft.12108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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- Fred P Piercy
- Marriage and Family Therapy Doctoral Program, Department of Human Development, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060.
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Alexopoulos GS, Arean P. A model for streamlining psychotherapy in the RDoC era: the example of 'Engage'. Mol Psychiatry 2014; 19:14-9. [PMID: 24280983 PMCID: PMC4337206 DOI: 10.1038/mp.2013.150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2013] [Revised: 08/30/2013] [Accepted: 09/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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A critical task for psychotherapy research is to create treatments that can be used by community clinicians. Streamlining of psychotherapies is a necessary first step for this purpose. We suggest that neurobiological knowledge has reached the point of providing biologically meaningful behavioral targets, thus guiding the development of effective, simplified psychotherapies. This view is supported by the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) Project, which reflects the field's consensus and recognizes the readiness of neurobiology to guide research in treatment development. 'Engage' is an example of such a streamlined therapy. It targets behavioral domains of late-life depression grounded on RDoC constructs using efficacious behavioral strategies selected for their simplicity. 'Reward exposure' targeting the behavioral expression of positive valence systems' dysfunction is the principal therapeutic vehicle of 'Engage'. Its first three sessions consist of direct 'reward exposure', but the therapists search for barriers in three behavioral domains, that is, 'negativity bias' (negative valence), 'apathy' (arousal) and 'emotional dysregulation' (cognitive control), and add strategies targeting these domains when needed. The end result is a structured, stepped approach using neurobiological constructs as targets and as a guide to personalization. We argue that the 'reduction' process needed in order to arrive to simplified effective therapies can be achieved in three steps: (1) identify RDoC constructs driving the syndrome's psychopathology; (2) create a structured intervention utilizing behavioral and ecosystem modification techniques targeting behaviors related to these constructs; (3) examine whether the efficacy of the new intervention is mediated by change in behaviors related to the targeted RDoC constructs.
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