Pilot Evaluation of a Tablet-Based Application to Improve Quality of Care in Child Mental Health Treatment.

ABSTRACT: Mental health systems need scalable solutions that can reduce the efficacy-effectiveness gap and improve mental health outcomes in community mental health service settings. Two major challenges to delivery of high-quality care are providers' fidelity to evidence-based treatment models and children's and caregivers' engagement in the treatment process. We developed a novel, tablet-based application designed to enhance via technology the quality of delivery of trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (TF-CBT). We piloted its use in four community mental health service organizations using a blocked randomized controlled trial to examine the feasibility of implementing tablet-facilitated TF-CBT versus standard TF-CBT with 13 providers and 27 families. Provider fidelity and child engagement

SUBMITTER: Davidson TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6511883 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature