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. 2015 Sep;66(9):988-91.
doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201400318. Epub 2015 May 1.

Implementing a Web-Based Intervention to Train Community Clinicians in an Evidence-Based Psychotherapy: A Pilot Study

Bradley D Stein  1 , Karen L Celedonia  1 , Holly A Swartz  1 , Melissa E DeRosier  1 , Mark J Sorbero  1 , Rayni A Brindley  1 , Rachel M Burns  1 , Andrew W Dick  1 , Ellen Frank  1
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Implementing a Web-Based Intervention to Train Community Clinicians in an Evidence-Based Psychotherapy: A Pilot Study

Bradley D Stein et al. Psychiatr Serv. 2015 Sep.

Abstract

Objective: The authors conducted a feasibility assessment of online training plus an online learning collaborative to support implementation of an evidence-based psychosocial treatment in a community mental health system.

Methods: Two mental health centers were randomly allocated to in-person training with local supervision, and three were assigned to online training plus an online learning collaborative supported by expert clinicians. Participants (N=36) were clinicians interested in interpersonal and social rhythm therapy (IPSRT), an evidence-based psychotherapy for bipolar disorder. After training, 136 patients reported monthly on the extent to which clinicians used 19 IPSRT techniques.

Results: Clinicians from both training groups increased use of IPSRT techniques. Patients of clinicians receiving Internet-supported e-learning and of those receiving in-person training reported comparable clinician use of IPSRT techniques.

Conclusions: Internet-supported e-learning by community clinicians was found to be feasible and led to uptake of an evidence-based psychotherapy comparable to that by clinicians who received face-to-face training.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Statement: Dr. Frank receives royalties from Guilford Press for the IPSRT manual. The other authors report no conflicts of interest.

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Use of IPSRT Techniques by Arm
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