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Yoon, Sunkyung; Bell, Catherine B.; Pinder-Amaker, Stephanie L. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: The unique features of college experience make it essential to address escalating mental-health challenges beyond college campuses. In 2010, we launched college-student focused (CSF) care nested within an adult day treatment program in a psychiatric hospital. The CSF care consists of student group therapies, individual consultation…
Descriptors: Psychiatric Hospitals, Mental Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Educational Experience
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O'Neill, Laura; Samaan, Zainab; McCabe, Kathleen; Tabak, Terri Ann; Key, Brenda; Litke, Kathryn; Whattam, Jeff; Garrick, Laura; Chalmers, Sandra; Xie, Feng; Thabane, Lehana; Patel, Yogita; Shahid, Hamnah; Zielinski, Laura; Vanstone, Meredith – Research on Social Work Practice, 2019
Purpose: Major depressive disorder is the leading cause of disability worldwide. This study is part of a mixed methods pilot trial, exploring the effectiveness, acceptability, and feasibility of providing behavioral activation (BA) treatment in a group format. Methods: Using an applied, descriptive approach, qualitative data were collected from…
Descriptors: Patients, Depression (Psychology), Severity (of Disability), Behavior Modification
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Lintz, Mario J.; Thurstone, Christian; Hull, Madelyne; Ladegard, Kristie – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2019
The objective of this study was to develop a school-based substance treatment model and evaluate the feasibility and preliminary outcomes of treatment in a school-based setting to improve access to treatment for adolescents with substance use disorders. This study provided care to 41 youths (12 to 18 years old) in three school-based health…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Drug Rehabilitation, School Health Services, Clinics
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Sachser, Cedric; Keller, Ferdinand; Goldbeck, Lutz – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2017
Background: To evaluate whether the symptoms of children and adolescents with clinically significant posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) form classes consistent with the diagnostic criteria of complex PTSD (CPTSD) as proposed for the ICD-11, and to relate the emerging classes with treatment outcome of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Children, Adolescents
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Roscoe, Paula; Petalas, Michael; Hastings, Richard; Thomas, Cathy – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2016
There is a general lack of self-report data from service users with an intellectual disability (ID) about their views of psychological interventions. This research explored the views and experiences of female inpatients, with a diagnosis of a personality disorder and an ID, about dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT). Semi-structured interviews were…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Patients, Hospitals, Females
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McNamara, K. P.; O'Reilly, S. L.; George, J.; Peterson, G. M.; Jackson, S. L.; Duncan, G.; Howarth, H.; Dunbar, J. A. – Health Education Research, 2015
Background: Delivery of cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention programs by community pharmacists appears effective and enhances health service access. However, their capacity to implement complex behavioural change processes during patient counselling remains largely unexplored. This study aims to determine intervention fidelity by pharmacists…
Descriptors: Intervention, Fidelity, Behavior Change, Pharmacy
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Funderburk, Jennifer S.; Shepardson, Robyn L.; Krenek, Marketa – Journal of American College Health, 2015
Objective: To describe how behavioral activation (BA) for depression and stimulus control (SC) for insomnia can be modified to a brief format for use in a university primary care setting, and to evaluate preliminarily their effectiveness in reducing symptoms of depression and insomnia, respectively, using data collected in routine clinical care.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Depression (Psychology), Sleep, Primary Health Care
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Bujarski, Spencer; O'Malley, Stephanie S.; Lunny, Katy; Ray, Lara A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2013
Objective: It is well known to clinicians and researchers in the field of alcoholism that patients vary with respect to drinking goal. The objective in this study was to elucidate the contribution of drinking goal to treatment outcome in the context of specific behavioral and pharmacological interventions. Method: Participants were 1,226…
Descriptors: Intervention, Alcoholism, Drinking, Patients
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Magidson, Jessica F.; Roberts, Brent W.; Collado-Rodriguez, Anahi; Lejuez, C. W. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Considerable evidence suggests that personality traits may be changeable, raising the possibility that personality traits most linked to health problems can be modified with intervention. A growing body of research suggests that problematic personality traits may be altered with behavioral intervention using a bottom-up approach. That is, by…
Descriptors: Personality Change, Intervention, Behavior Modification, Personality Traits
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White, Kamila S.; Payne, Laura A.; Gorman, Jack M.; Shear, M. Katherine; Woods, Scott W.; Saksa, John R.; Barlow, David H. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2013
Objective: We examined the possibility that maintenance cognitive behavior therapy (M-CBT) may improve the likelihood of sustained improvement and reduced relapse in a multi-site randomized controlled clinical trial of patients who met criteria for panic disorder with or without agoraphobia. Method: Participants were all patients (N = 379) who…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Therapy, Anxiety Disorders, Maintenance
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Coughtrey, Anna E.; Shafran, Roz; Lee, Michelle; Rachman, Stanley – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2013
The recommended treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) incorporating exposure and response prevention (ERP), which is effective for approximately 50% of patients. However, there has been little advance in treatment outcomes since the introduction of ERP in 1979. It has been suggested that some…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Therapy, Anxiety Disorders, Counseling Techniques
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Bach, Patricia; Hayes, Steven C.; Gallop, Robert – Behavior Modification, 2012
A previous report explored the impact of a brief (four session) acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) intervention as compared with treatment as usual (TAU) on rehospitalization over 4 months in a sample of 80 inpatients with psychosis. The present study extended the follow-up period to 1 year and used a more sophisticated survival analysis to…
Descriptors: College Students, Psychosis, Patients, Therapy
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Abraham, Antony D.; Cunningham, Christopher L.; Lattal, K. Matthew – Learning & Memory, 2012
Methylphenidate (MPH, Ritalin) is a norepinephrine and dopamine transporter blocker that is widely used in humans for treatment of attention deficit disorder and narcolepsy. Although there is some evidence that targeted microinjections of MPH may enhance fear acquisition, little is known about the effect of MPH on fear extinction. Here, we show…
Descriptors: Animals, Attention Deficit Disorders, Patients, Drug Therapy
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Miller, Peter M. – Behavior Modification, 2012
As a distinguished scholar over the past 45 years, Michel Hersen has left an indelible mark on the field of behavior therapy and clinical psychology. One of his most enduring legacies is his early research work in the area of social skills assessment and training, with special attention to assertiveness training. His basic analogue and clinical…
Descriptors: Evidence, Behavior Modification, Assertiveness, Patients
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McCusker, Jane; Cole, Martin G.; Yaffe, Mark; Strumpf, Erin; Sewitch, Maida; Sussman, Tamara; Ciampi, Antonio; Lavoie, Kim; Belzile, Eric – Health Education Journal, 2016
Objective: Among primary care patients with chronic physical conditions and comorbid depressive symptoms, to assess (1) the effect of lay telephone coaching on adherence to a psycho-educational intervention for depression, (2) demographic characteristics that predict adherence and (3) the association between adherence and 6-month outcomes. Design:…
Descriptors: Intervention, Depression (Psychology), Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification
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