PracticeGround: Transforming Training and Delivery of Mental Health EBPs
| Status: | Enrolling by invitation |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Depression, Insomnia Sleep Studies, Psychiatric |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Psychiatry / Psychology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 21 - Any |
| Updated: | 8/23/2018 |
| Start Date: | December 2014 |
| End Date: | December 31, 2018 |
The ultimate goal is to facilitate the delivery of empirically supported treatments (ESTs)
for mental disorders and to improve client mental health outcomes. Toward this end, this
Phase II SBIR proposal seeks to complete the development and testing of PracticeGround, a
comprehensive software system designed to integrate with electronic health records, and that
contains multiple methods of training clinicians in ESTs and delivering ESTs to clients,
continuous progress monitoring of client outcomes, and clinical support tools to guide
clinicians and clients through delivery of the necessary EST. The investigators will conduct
an 18-week randomized controlled trial (N=80) comparing PracticeGround (n=40) to
care-as-usual (n=40) in depressed outpatient clients. PracticeGround clinicians will have
full access to the software. Study clinicians and clients will be assessed once every six
weeks (baseline, 6, 12, and 18 weeks). To ensure generalizability of findings, the
investigators will not control for natural therapy variations (e.g.,session frequency,
medication use, etc.). Primary outcomes include: depression, psychological distress,
treatment satisfaction (clients and clinicians), and treatment drop out. Secondary clinician
outcomes include: extent of PracticeGround use with clients across clinicians' caseload.
for mental disorders and to improve client mental health outcomes. Toward this end, this
Phase II SBIR proposal seeks to complete the development and testing of PracticeGround, a
comprehensive software system designed to integrate with electronic health records, and that
contains multiple methods of training clinicians in ESTs and delivering ESTs to clients,
continuous progress monitoring of client outcomes, and clinical support tools to guide
clinicians and clients through delivery of the necessary EST. The investigators will conduct
an 18-week randomized controlled trial (N=80) comparing PracticeGround (n=40) to
care-as-usual (n=40) in depressed outpatient clients. PracticeGround clinicians will have
full access to the software. Study clinicians and clients will be assessed once every six
weeks (baseline, 6, 12, and 18 weeks). To ensure generalizability of findings, the
investigators will not control for natural therapy variations (e.g.,session frequency,
medication use, etc.). Primary outcomes include: depression, psychological distress,
treatment satisfaction (clients and clinicians), and treatment drop out. Secondary clinician
outcomes include: extent of PracticeGround use with clients across clinicians' caseload.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Meets DSM-IV criteria for MDD and/or DD
- Obtains a score of 11 or greater on the PHQ-9
- Currently receiving psychosocial treatment for depression by a study-participant
clinician
- Payment-eligible to receive at least 12 weeks of additional psychosocial treatment
Exclusion Criteria:
- Current diagnosis of bipolar disorder or another psychotic disorder
- Active mania
- Current diagnosis of alcohol and/or drug dependence
- At imminent risk of suicide (as deemed by their clinician).
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