Barriers Associated with the Implementation of Homework in Youth Mental Health Treatment and Potential Mobile Health Solutions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Homework, or between-session practice of skills learned during therapy, is integral to effective youth mental health TREATMENTS. However, homework is often under-utilized by providers and patients due to many barriers, which might be mitigated via mHealth solutions.

Methods

Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with nationally certified trainers in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT; n=21) and youth TF-CBT patients ages 8-17 (n=15) and their caregivers (n=12) to examine barriers to the successful implementation of homework in youth mental health treatment and potential mHealth solutions to those barriers.

Results

The results indicated that many providers struggle to consistently develop, as

SUBMITTER: Bunnell BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8183976 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature