Assessing health worker competence to deliver a brief psychological treatment for depression: development and validation of a scalable measure.

ABSTRACT: Increased interest in disseminating and implementing psychological treatments has focused on the need for evidence-based training programs for providers, especially those without specialized training. To evaluate provider-training programs, validated outcome measures are necessary; however, the scalable measurement of training outcomes has been largely overlooked. Current methods of assessing providers' ability to deliver psychological treatments are generally time-consuming and costly, representing a major bottleneck in scaling up mental health care for commonly occurring disorders such as depression. The present study describes the development and initial validation of a scalable measure for assessing provider competence in delivering a brief behavioral activation treatment for depressio

SUBMITTER: Restivo JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7785103 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature