Computer-Based Training in Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depressed Adults

描述（由申请人提供）：这是第一阶段小企业技术转让研究（STTR）资助申请，以支持开发一个创新的在线培训计划，以帮助传播行为激活，抑郁症（BA）疗法。目前的应用程序代表了PI与同事之间的合作伙伴关系，他们开发并评估了BA的功效，以及小企业Behavioral Tech Research，Inc.，一家致力于传播有效的心理治疗的公司。BA是一种针对重度抑郁症的循证实践，可能具有特定的可转移性优势。拟议的在线培训计划将大大有助于社区临床医生和临床学生利用这种循证实践的重要培训。具体而言，第一阶段提案的最初目标是：1）利用BA专家咨询委员会确定原型的内容; 2）使用开发和评估的迭代过程创建原型;以及，3）使用随机对照试验进行可行性试点研究（n=30），以评估BA知识的获得，BA成分的回忆，和自我效能感进行了最初的两个会议与重性抑郁症患者。如果第一阶段的可行性测试成功，我们将在第二阶段大幅扩大多媒体项目及其评估。重性抑郁症是一种普遍的、使人衰弱的疾病，尽管存在有效的治疗方法，但大多数人没有得到治疗或治疗不足。增加这种治疗的可用性需要广泛提供和有效的培训材料，这将有助于实践临床医生利用这种方法。行为激活（BA）是抑郁症的循证实践，可能具有重要的可移植性优势;该项目旨在开发创新的互动式在线BA培训，以增加循证实践的传播，并改善患有抑郁症的成年人的临床结果。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) grant application to support the development of an innovative, online training program to aid in the dissemination of Behavioral Activation, a therapy for depression (BA). The current application represents a cooperative partnership between the PI, who with colleagues, developed and evaluated the efficacy of BA, and the small business, Behavioral Tech Research, Inc., a company dedicated to disseminating effective psychosocial treatments. BA is an evidence-based practice for major depressive disorder, which may have particular transportability advantages. The proposed online training program will substantially aid in the vital training of both community clinicians and clinical students the utilization of this evidence-based practice. Specifically, the initial aims of this Phase I proposal are to: 1) Determine content for the prototype utilizing an advisory board of BA experts; 2) Create the prototype using an iterative process of development and evaluation; and, 3) Conduct a feasibility pilot study (n=30) using a randomized controlled trial to evaluate gains in knowledge of BA, recall of BA components, and self-efficacy in conducting the initial two sessions with patients with major depression. In the event of a successful Phase I test of feasibility, we will substantially expand the multimedia program and its evaluation in Phase II. Major depression is a pervasive and debilitating disorder, for which the majority of individuals receive no or inadequate treatment, despite the fact that efficacious treatments exist. Increasing the availability of such treatments requires widely available and effective training materials that will facilitate the utilization of such approaches by practicing clinicians. Behavioral activation (BA) is an evidence-based practice for depression that may have important transportability advantages; this project aims to develop innovative interactive online training in BA, in order to increase dissemination of evidence-based practices and improve clinical outcomes for adults suffering from depression.