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Pilot Evaluation Of A Tablet-Based Application To Improve Quality Of Care In Child Mental Health Treatment, Tatiana M. Davidson, Brian E. Bunnell, Benjamin E. Saunders, Rochelle F. Hanson, Carla K. Danielson, Danna Cook, Brian C. Chu, Shannon Dorsey, Zachary W. Adams, Arthur R. Andrews, Jesse H. Walker, Kathryn E. Soltis, Judith A. Cohen, Esther Deblinger, Kenneth J. Ruggiero

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

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 …