Implementing Parent-Teen Motivational Interviewing + Behavior Therapy for ADHD in Community Mental Health.

ABSTRACT: Despite the promise of psychosocial interventions for adolescent Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), there are no studies that examine their implementation in community mental health contexts. In this study, we evaluate the implementation of community-based Supporting Teens' Autonomy Daily (STAND), a parent-teen Motivational Interviewing + Behavior Therapy intervention for adolescents with ADHD. Adolescents with ADHD (N = 225), who were clients at four community mental health agencies, received treatment from 82 therapists. There was double randomization of adolescents and therapists to STAND or Usual Care (UC). Nearly all therapists randomized to STAND completed the training and regularly attended supervision, rating STAND as acceptable and lower burden than UC practices. In

SUBMITTER: Sibley MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7483638 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature