Examining Behavioral Strategies for Enhancing Therapists' Delivery of Exposure Therapy
Status unconfirmed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Anxiety Disorders
In brief
The goal of this study is to test a targeted training for overcoming known barriers to the uptake and quality delivery of exposure therapy among community mental health providers. The first phase (Year 1) of the study is a case-series analysis of six therapists with the goal of determining whether the targeted training strategies (i.e., exposure to exposure) are capable of engaging therapists' reservations about exposure. Information from the first phase will be used to optimize the behavioral training strategies to be tested in the second phase. The second phase (Years 2 \& 3) will be a randomized trial of training conditions comparing Behaviorally Enhanced Training Strategies to a Standard Didactic Training. After an initial workshop training, therapists in the second phase will receive ongoing consultation while they deliver exposure therapy with their anxious patients. Sessions will be video-recorded and therapist behaviors will be coded to assess for differences in the manner in which exposure is delivered between training conditions.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04035057
- Run by
- Bradley Hospital
- People needed
- 32
- Starts
- 2019-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2021-12-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-07-29
Who can join
Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Primary or co-primary diagnosis of Separation Anxiety Disorder, Specific Phobia, Social Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, or OCD
- Children < age 12 have a caretaker available to participate in treatment
- Patient and at least one parent are English speaking
- Exclusion Criteria:
- Concurrent psychotherapy for treatment of anxiety
- Psychosis, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, or Mental Retardation.
You may not qualify if…
- Training procedure are unacceptable to therapist
- Patient Participants: Age 5 - 17 years
- Inclusion Criteria:
- Primary or co-primary diagnosis of Separation Anxiety Disorder, Specific Phobia, Social Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, or OCD
- Children < age 12 have a caretaker available to participate in treatment
- Patient and at least one parent are English speaking
- Exclusion Criteria:
- Concurrent psychotherapy for treatment of anxiety
- Psychosis, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, or Mental Retardation.
Where it is running
- Bradley Hospital — Riverside, Rhode Island, United States (enrolling)
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