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Trial reportAdministration and policy in mental health2025

Consultation Content and Techniques for measurement-Based Care Implementation in Youth Community Mental Health Settings.

Elizabeth Casline, Grace S Woodard, Elizabeth Lane, Scott Pollowitz, Susan Douglas, Jill Ehrenreich-May, Golda S Ginsburg, Amanda Jensen-Doss

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Trial report in Administration and policy in mental health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Measurement-Based Care as a Tool to Detect and Prevent Harm in Youth Psychotherapy.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Elizabeth CaslineInstitute for Public Health and Medicine, Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 633 N. St Clair, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA. elizabeth.casline@northwestern.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9582-9249
Grace S WoodardDepartment of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6747-6914
Elizabeth LaneDepartment of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7345-4682
Scott PollowitzDepartment of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA.
Susan DouglasDepartment of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5239-4828
Jill Ehrenreich-MayDepartment of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7436-5393
Golda S GinsburgDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, West Hartford, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5172-2079
Amanda Jensen-DossDepartment of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4995-7463

Funding

2/2-Unified Treatment of Adolescent Emotional Disorders in Community ClinicsR01MH106657 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI GINSBURG, GOLDA SUSAN · 2015 to 2018
$1.6M
1/2-Unified Treatment of Adolescent Emotional Disorders in Community ClinicsR01MH106536 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI CORAL GABLES · PI EHRENREICH-MAY, JILL, JENSEN-DOSS, AMANDA · 2015 to 2018
$1.4M
NIMH NIH HHS R01MH106536NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH106657NIMH NIH HHS R01MH106657
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Measurement-based care (MBC) is an evidence-based practice (EBP) focused on regularly administering outcome measures to clients to inform clinical decision making. While MBC shows promise for improving youth treatment outcomes, therapist adoption remains low. Clinical consultation is one strategy that improves MBC implementation, but our limited understanding of consultation hinders the ability to optimize its impact. This research explored the content of, and techniques used during MBC consultation calls. Therapists (N = 55) in a randomized controlled trial treating adolescents with anxiety and/or depression were trained to utilize MBC with usual treatment using the Youth Outcome Questionnaire (YOQ) through an online measurement feedback system (MFS). Weekly ongoing consultation followed an initial workshop training in MBC. Case discussions (N = 294) during consultation calls were coded using a developed codebook, including 12 content and 10 consultant techniques. Results indicated that content focused predominantly on interpretation of client symptom and alliance report, planning for YOQ administration, and discussion of data with clients in session. Common consultant techniques included modeling and eliciting report viewing and interpretation, making clinical suggestions, and didactics about clinical and technical issues. Notably, role-play/behavioral rehearsal was not used. The prevalence of passive consultation techniques (suggestions, didactics) suggests a focus on teaching rather than active techniques (behavioral rehearsal, modeling), potentially influenced by the novelty of MBC and MFS. Technical aspects of MBC, such as measure administration and system usage, emerged as key consultation content, highlighting an unanticipated emphasis on logistics over clinical implementation. These findings underscore the evolving role of consultation in supporting MBC implementation and suggest that addressing technical challenges early in training might enhance adoption.

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Anxiety DisordersCommunity Mental Health ServicesOutcome Assessment, Health CareReferral and ConsultationAdolescentDepressionEvidence-Based PracticeFemaleHumansMaleSurveys and QuestionnairesAnxietyCommunity Mental HealthConsultationDepressionEvidence-based PracticeImplementation ScienceMeasurement-based careYouth

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