{"title":"EPCAMH Call for Papers: Special Issue on Summer Treatment Programs","authors":"D. Waschbusch","doi":"10.1080/23794925.2023.2214072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2023.2214072","url":null,"abstract":"Evidence-based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health (EPCAMH) is now accepting papers for a special issue focused on innovative adaptations of the Summer Treatment Program (STP), guest edited by Daniel Waschbusch, PhD. Andrea Chronis-Tuscano, PhD, and Gregory Fabiano, PhD. Submissions are due January 1, 2024. The STP is a well-known evidence-based treatment that was originally developed as an ecologically valid psychosocial intervention for elementary school age children with ADHD and it continues to primarily target this population. At the same time, recent clinical and research efforts have modified the STP to address a host of child and adolescent areas in need of new and/or intensive treatment approaches. With child and adolescent mental health concerns on the rise and representing a significant cost to our global society, applying the STP model to address other mental health areas, developmental stages, and a broader range of communities is both important and promising. This special issue seeks to highlight innovative modifications of the STP that enhance the research, training, and treatment relevant to youth mental health, including efforts that broaden the dissemination and implementation of the STP. This includes expanding populations served by the STP, expanding capacity of the STP within existing sites, supporting new sites in developing STPs, increasing the diversity of youth served by STPs, and considering STPs as a vehicle for training the next generation of child and adolescent mental health providers. Papers may focus on a range of issues relevant to dissemination of the STP including, but not limited to:","PeriodicalId":72992,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health","volume":"8 1","pages":"304 - 304"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46943148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advancing Equity in Youth Mental Health Services: Introduction to the Special Issue (Part II)","authors":"Ernestine C. Briggs, O. Gudiño","doi":"10.1080/23794925.2023.2208383","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2023.2208383","url":null,"abstract":"The second part of the special issue on Advancing Equity in Youth Mental Health Services includes articles that extend Part I of the special issue by addressing service access and engagement, delivery and effectiveness, and sustainability of practices within service systems. First, a conceptual paper by Ofonedu et al. (2023) presents the Family as Host (FAH) model as a novel framework that promotes access to nonstigmatizing, culturally responsive supports for Black youth of African descent. This model shifts the positions of Black youth and their family and clinical care providers to facilitate treatment engagement and healing. The authors discuss practice changes and implications for future research to support more egalitarian, culturally responsive approaches to promote positive psychological health outcomes. In the next article, Park et al. (2023) review the literature on psychosocial interventions for youth of color published between 1974 and 2018 with the aim of identifying strategies used to incorporate culture in effective psychosocial interventions. The authors delineate the most common strategies for incorporating culture into interventions for Black and Latinx/ Hispanic youth, as well as some remaining gaps in the evidence base for Asian, Native American and Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander youth. The authors discuss the nuances of providing effective mental health services that are culturally responsive and the need to better understand factors that mediate/moderate the benefits of tailoring interventions. They allude to the promise of decision support tools to help providers determine whether, when, and how to culturally tailor interventions with youth of color. Advancing equity in youth mental health services begins with ensuring that youth needs are identified and that services are accessible and address youth and family needs. To this end, Buitron et al. (2023) examine prior use of formal mental health services in a sample of Latinx youth hospitalized following a recent suicide crisis. They consider how dimensions of acculturation and enculturation, and relevant demographic and clinical indicators, are associated with prior service use. Despite high levels of current clinical need, nearly 20% of youth had not received mental health services prior to the recent hospitalization. The authors emphasize the need to support youth and their families in accessing needed services earlier and they highlight potential avenues for achieving this goal. Increased availability of telehealth services in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic may be one key avenue for increasing access to services. Castro et al. (2023) explore the perspectives of youth, caregivers, and providers on the telehealth delivery of services in an urban clinic serving a predominantly Latinx community. Using focus group methodology, the authors identify themes related to perceived strengths and limitations associated with telehealth service delivery. ","PeriodicalId":72992,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health","volume":"8 1","pages":"163 - 165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41705512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"EPCAMH Call for Papers: Special Issue on Professional Education","authors":"J. Reese","doi":"10.1080/23794925.2023.2214071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2023.2214071","url":null,"abstract":"Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health (EPCAMH) is now accepting papers for a special issue on best practices and innovative approaches to professional education across the developmental trajectory of psychology, educational programs aimed at other behavioral health professionals, and psychology’s role in these efforts. This special issue will be guest edited by Jennifer Reese, Psy.D. and Robert Friedberg, Ph.D. Submissions are due September 1, 2023. Effective behavioral healthcare is a precious resource as the need for services continues to outpace the number of providers entering the workforce. This necessitates ensuring that the behavioral healthcare workforce is appropriately educated to provide evidence-based care, from the time they are preparing to become practitioners to when they are well into their careers as updated practice guidelines are developed. Additionally, as innovative models for delivering care are researched and developed to assist in meeting the demand for services, effective means by which to disseminate these strategies to those engaging in applied work is paramount. In particular, recognition that the majority of the pediatric behavioral health workforce is comprised of master’s prepared clinicians will be welcomed. This special issue focuses on highlighting examples of professional education with particular attention to implementation and sustainability. Papers may focus on a wide range of relevant examples, including:","PeriodicalId":72992,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health","volume":"8 1","pages":"303 - 303"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47246700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adam B Lewin, Tanya K Murphy, Jonathan W Mink, Brent J Small, Heather R Adams, Erin Brennan, Erika F Augustine, Jennifer Vermilion, Amy Vierhile, Alyssa Collins, Kelly Kudryk, Sarah Dickinson, Melissa L Danielson, Rebecca H Bitsko
{"title":"Brief youth self-report screener for tics: Can a subscale of the Motor tic, Obsession and compulsion, and Vocal tic Evaluation Survey (MOVES) identify tic disorders in youth?","authors":"Adam B Lewin, Tanya K Murphy, Jonathan W Mink, Brent J Small, Heather R Adams, Erin Brennan, Erika F Augustine, Jennifer Vermilion, Amy Vierhile, Alyssa Collins, Kelly Kudryk, Sarah Dickinson, Melissa L Danielson, Rebecca H Bitsko","doi":"10.1080/23794925.2023.2191354","DOIUrl":"10.1080/23794925.2023.2191354","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tics are unwanted, repetitive movements and sounds that frequently present during childhood. They are typically brief and purposeless, but can create significant distress for individuals, and often co-occur with other neuropsychiatric conditions. Thus, early identification of tics is warranted. Unfortunately, tics are often misdiagnosed, and because tics may wax and wane, identification can be difficult, especially in the context of routine clinical visits. There are limited tools that can be used to reliably identify tics in clinical practice, especially in non-specialty settings. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the performance of the Motor tic, Obsession and compulsion, and Vocal tic Evaluation Survey (MOVES), a self-report scale with some support as a screening tool. In addition, the performance of a subset of questions (the MOVES-6) was evaluated for rapid screening. Participants were recruited across two study sites and included children and adolescents diagnosed with Tourette syndrome (<i>n</i> = 151) or another persistent tic disorder (<i>n</i> = 10) and community controls (<i>n</i> = 74). Results suggest both the MOVES and the MOVES-6 have high sensitivity (90% and 88%, respectively) and at least acceptable specificity (77% and 86%, respectively) compared with expert assessment of tic disorders, suggesting that both versions can identify tic disorders without high proportions of false negatives. Both versions were highly sensitive with acceptable specificity regardless of sex, race/ethnicity, and age. The MOVES and MOVES-6 show promise as a screener for tics or tic disorders, but additional research is needed, particularly in a general population setting.</p>","PeriodicalId":72992,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health","volume":"8 2","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10267813/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9715234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kelsey S. Dickson, M. Galligan, Tana Holt, L. Anthony, L. Kenworthy, Lauren Brookman-Frazee
{"title":"Incorporating Community Perspectives to Inform the Scaling-Out of an Evidence-Based Executive Functioning Intervention from Schools to Community Mental Health Settings","authors":"Kelsey S. Dickson, M. Galligan, Tana Holt, L. Anthony, L. Kenworthy, Lauren Brookman-Frazee","doi":"10.1080/23794925.2023.2191353","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2023.2191353","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72992,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45173821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mirian E. Ofonedu, Erlanger A. Turner, A. Franklin, Alfiee M. Breland-Noble
{"title":"Promoting Positive Mental Health Outcomes for Black Youth of African Descent: Applying the Family as Host Model for Culturally Responsive Practice","authors":"Mirian E. Ofonedu, Erlanger A. Turner, A. Franklin, Alfiee M. Breland-Noble","doi":"10.1080/23794925.2023.2169969","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2023.2169969","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT For Black youth of African descent and their families, the pathways to effective support and intervention for mental health are complex and challenging to navigate. Research continues to highlight the need to achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve mental health access and care of all groups. Thus, there is a need for strategies that are culturally responsive for promoting positive mental health outcomes for Black youth of African descent. In this paper, a new perspective that promotes access to non-stigmatizing, culturally responsive supports for Black youth of African descent across all socio-economic status is presented. This innovative framework for culturally responsive treatment engagement is called the Family as Host (FAH) model. This model positions Black youth and their family as primary initiators, acting as “Host” and clinical care providers as facilitators, acting as “Guest” during treatment engagement. Implications for practice and research are discussed to promote positive psychological health outcomes for Black youth of African descent.","PeriodicalId":72992,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health","volume":"8 1","pages":"166 - 180"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48037047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Miya M. Gentry, Kathryn M. Huryk, Melissa N. Dackis, Sandra S. Pimentel
{"title":"Suicidality and Reasons for Living Among a Clinical Sample of Low-Income, Ethnically-Minoritized Adolescents","authors":"Miya M. Gentry, Kathryn M. Huryk, Melissa N. Dackis, Sandra S. Pimentel","doi":"10.1080/23794925.2023.2169970","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2023.2169970","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72992,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42950000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Jenness, Kathryn Delonga, R. Lewandowski, Carolyn N. Spiro, K. Crowe, C. Martell, K. Towbin, A. Stringaris, E. McCauley
{"title":"Behavioral Activation as a Principle-Based Treatment: Developments from a Multi-Site Collaboration to Advance Adolescent Depression Treatment","authors":"J. Jenness, Kathryn Delonga, R. Lewandowski, Carolyn N. Spiro, K. Crowe, C. Martell, K. Towbin, A. Stringaris, E. McCauley","doi":"10.1080/23794925.2022.2042871","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2022.2042871","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Adolescent depression is a serious and debilitating disorder associated with lifelong negative outcomes, including heightened risk for recurrence into adulthood, psychiatric comorbidities, and suicide. Among evidence-based treatments for adolescents, psychotherapies for depression have the smallest effect sizes of all psychiatric conditions studied. Advancing care for depression in adolescents is complex due to the heterogeneity in etiology and co-occurring difficulties among youth presenting with depression symptoms. This and a companion paper (Lewandowski et al., 2022) draw on a recent multisite collaboration that focused on implementing depression treatment for adolescents within clinical and research contexts. Specifically, this paper will review our work adapting behavioral activation (BA) as a principle-based framework to improve effectiveness and efficiency of depression treatment used within clinical and research settings in academic medical centers. Piloted adaptations include the use of BA principles to address idiographic drivers of depression and in-session BA “exposures” to illustrate BA principles. Case vignettes illustrate these adaptations of BA to address adolescent depression in the context of co-occurring difficulties.","PeriodicalId":72992,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health","volume":"8 1","pages":"55 - 72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43226787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Aldrich, J. Blossom, A. Moss, Brenda Ray, M. Couckuyt, Tracey Ward, Andrew R. Fox, Kendra L. Read
{"title":"Effectiveness of an Eight-Week Multidisciplinary Selective Mutism Treatment Group","authors":"J. Aldrich, J. Blossom, A. Moss, Brenda Ray, M. Couckuyt, Tracey Ward, Andrew R. Fox, Kendra L. Read","doi":"10.1080/23794925.2021.2007818","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2021.2007818","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Recent selective mutism (SM) treatment approaches focusing on the delivery of interventions using intensive doses of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT-SM). In the current study, we sought to examine the effectiveness of an eight-session weekly outpatient group program for youth ages 3 to 14 diagnosed with SM. Group interventions included caregiver coaching and support for CBT skills, particularly graded speaking exposures for youth using the PCIT-SM framework. A total of 112 youth (M age = 7.26; 57.1% white; 63.4% girls) were referred for treatment; 100 youth completed the weekly program with at least one caregiver. Initial evaluations assessed SM symptomology, communication behavior, anxiety, and impairment due to symptoms at pre-treatment and post-treatment. Parents and clinicians tracked communication behaviors during all treatment sessions. Results suggested a significant reduction in SM symptoms in various settings (e.g., school, social) and impairment associated with anxiety from pre- to post-treatment. Youth demonstrated a significant increase in speaking behaviors across treatment session, with a corresponding decrease in use of nonverbal communication behaviors. Caregivers did not report a significant change in family impairment, though this was not unexpected due to the demands placed on caregivers as part of treatment. Overall, the results of this study support the efficacy of a brief, weekly intervention for SM, even when symptoms are significantly impairing. Weekly outpatient treatment should be considered a viable option when intensive options are not feasible.","PeriodicalId":72992,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health","volume":"8 1","pages":"105 - 119"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43549136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Miya L Barnett, Corinna C Klein, Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Berta Erika Sanchez, Yessica Green Rosas, Frederique Corcoran
{"title":"How do Lay Health Worker Engage Caregivers? A Qualitative Study to Enhance Equity in Evidence-Based Parenting Programs.","authors":"Miya L Barnett, Corinna C Klein, Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Berta Erika Sanchez, Yessica Green Rosas, Frederique Corcoran","doi":"10.1080/23794925.2021.1993111","DOIUrl":"10.1080/23794925.2021.1993111","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Engaging caregivers in their children's mental health treatment is critical for delivering high quality, evidence-based care, particularly for young children with externalizing behaviors. Lay health workers (LHWs), including peer providers and <i>promotoras de salud</i>, have been identified as important workforces in addressing structural and stigma-related barriers to engagement in mental health services. Importantly, research has suggested that LHWs may be integral in efforts to address engagement disparities in evidence-based behavioral parent training programs (BPTs) for Latinx caregivers. The purpose of the study was to understand how different LHW workforces engage caregivers within their usual services, in order to inform strategies that improve access to and engagement in BPTs. Qualitative interviews were conducted with two different LHW workforces: volunteer LHWs (i.e., <i>promotoras de salud</i>) (<i>n</i> = 14), who were part of a community-embedded network, and paid LHWs (i.e., parent support partners, home visitors) (<i>n</i> = 9) embedded within children's mental health agencies. Participants were predominately Latinx (79%) and female (96%). Qualitative analyses revealed three primary themes related to engagement strategies used by LHWs to address barriers to care: 1.) Building Trust, 2.) Empowerment, 3.) Increasing Access. Although the majority of themes and sub-themes were consistent across the two LHW workforces, agency-embedded LHWs often discussed having the means to provide resources through their organizations, whereas community-embedded LHWs discussed acting as a bridge to services by providing information and conducting outreach. Findings have implications for partnering with different workforces of LHWs to increase equity in access to BPTs.</p>","PeriodicalId":72992,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health","volume":"8 2","pages":"221-235"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10266647/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9715238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}