This project offered training and intensive technical assistance in Motivational Interviewing for clinician members of a three-county provider association in OR state.
This project offered training workshops in a range of useful youth treatment and recovery practices for members of the addiction workforce in WA state.
This center grant supports diverse workforce development efforts for those who provide behavioral health and addiction care services to persons with substance use disorders in HHS Region 10 states of AK, ID, OR, and WA.
This research developed and tested a pre-implementation intervention, based on Motivational Interviewing, as means of facilitating greater adoption of useful school-based practices among preventionists working in high schools.
This research supports the conduct of a Type II hybrid trial, which compares via two-arm RCT features: 1) gold-standard vs. as-needed clinician coaching for school-based interventions over a two-year period, and 2) the clinical effectiveness of TMCU vs. services-as-usual among marijuana-using students.
This A-START award included the conduct of secondary analyses of the national CNICS HIV care database to examine the prevalence and impact of substance use disorders on HIV care indices, and a mixed-method study of the contextual readiness of regional HIV care settings for empirically-supported behavior therapies.
This mentored career development award funded the conduct of two studies to inform efforts to disseminate and implement contingency management (CM): 1) a mixed-method study of CM attitudes and practices among personnel at a nationwide sampling of 16 community-based opioid treatment programs; and 2) a pilot type III hybrid effectiveness/implementation trial examining strategies for implementing […]
The World Health Organization ranks psychotic disorders as the third most disabling health condition worldwide. Eleven million Americans will experience psychosis during their lifetime, and roughly 60 million Americans have a loved one affected by psychosis. Research affirms that psychotherapeutic interventions can help family caregivers develop skills to better connect and communicate with their loved […]
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of disability in Washington state and throughout the US. TBI increases the risk and complexity of multiple behavioral health conditions including post traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, irritability, anger/aggression, substance misuse and cognitive impairment. In addition, TBI impairs a person’s ability to manage their health care and […]
