Use of the Breakthrough Series Collaborative to Support Broad and Sustained Use of Evidence-Based Trauma Treatment for Children in Community Practice Settings

Empirically supported treatments for posttraumatic stress reactions in children are not widely available. This observational study evaluates the feasibility and utility of adapting the Institute for Healthcare’s Breakthrough Series Collaborative (BSC) to support the broad implementation and sustaine...

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Published in:Administration and policy in mental health and mental health services research 2012-05, Vol.39 (3), p.187-199
Main Authors: Ebert, Lori, Amaya-Jackson, Lisa, Markiewicz, Jan M., Kisiel, Cassandra, Fairbank, John A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude of Health Personnel
Behavior modification
Behavioral sciences
Child
Child & adolescent mental health
Child abuse & neglect
Children
Clinical Psychology
Cognition
Cognitive behaviour therapy
Cognitive Therapy - methods
Collaboration
Community Mental Health Services - methods
Cooperation
Evidence Based Practice
Feasibility
Feasibility Studies
Female
Fidelity
Health Administration
Health care
Health Care Services
Health Informatics
Health policy
Health services
Humans
Intervention
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental disorders
Mental health care
Original Paper
Post traumatic stress disorder
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Psychiatry
Public Health
Stress
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - therapy
Supervision
Surveys
Task forces
Trauma
United States
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Summary:Empirically supported treatments for posttraumatic stress reactions in children are not widely available. This observational study evaluates the feasibility and utility of adapting the Institute for Healthcare’s Breakthrough Series Collaborative (BSC) to support the broad implementation and sustained use of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) in community practice settings. Study findings indicated that agency staff in diverse roles viewed the BSC methodology as a valuable and practicable approach for facilitating skillful delivery of TF-CBT with fidelity. Use of TF-CBT increased over the course of the collaborative and findings from a survey conducted one year later indicated that participating agencies were able to sustain and spread the practice.
ISSN:0894-587X
1573-3289
DOI:10.1007/s10488-011-0347-y