Treatment Implementation, Practice Trends, Service Use Patterns, and Quality of Care

A strategic line of research conducted by the MINT Program examines treatment implementation strategies, evidence-based practices, and service use patterns. Key lines of research include person/family-centered assessment practices, culturally-responsive care, strategic flexibility in treatment, and epidemiological work and systematic reviews evaluating quality of care.

Representative MINT publications on treatment implementation, practice trends, service use patterns, and quality of care(para obtener una lista completa de los estudios, haga clic aquí):

Comer, J.S. (2024). State of the science in behavior therapy: Taking stock and looking forward. Behavior Therapy, 15(6), 1101-1113.

Sanchez, A. L., Javadi N., & Comer J. S. (2024). Family engagement in a behavioral parenting intervention: A randomized comparison of telehealth versus office-based treatment formats. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 92(6), 344-355.

Comer, J.S., Georgiadis, C., Schmarder, K., Chen, D., Coyne, C.A., Gudiño, O., Kazantzis, N., Langer, D.A., LeBeau, R.T., Liu, R.T., McLean, C., Sloan, D., Williams, M., & Pachankis, J. (2024). Reckoning with our past and righting our future: Report from the Behavior Therapy Task Force on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity/Expression Change Efforts (SOGIECEs). Behavior Therapy, 15(4), 649-679.

Freitag, G.F., Grassie, H.L., Mallidi, A., Jeong, A., Comer, J.S., Ehrenreich-May, J., & Brotman, M.A. (2023). Measuring emotion dysregulation in children and adolescents: A systematic review of existing questionnaires. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 62(7), 728-763.

Sanchez, A.L., Jent, J., Aggarwal, N.K., Chavira, D.A., Garcia, D., La Roche, M., & Comer, J.S. (2022). Person-centered cultural assessment can improve child mental health service engagement and outcomes. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 51, 1-22.

Georgiadis, C., Bose, D., Wolenski, R., Hong, N., Coxe, S., Pettit, J., & Comer, J.S. (2022). How flexible are evidence-based treatments for youth internalizing disorders? Examining modification guidelines included across supported treatments. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 51(5), 593-609.

Sanchez, A.L., Comer, J.S., & La Roche, M. (2022). Enhancing the responsiveness of family-based therapy through culturally informed case conceptualization and treatment planning. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 29(4), 750-770.

Comer, J.S. (2021). Rebooting mental health care delivery for the COVID-19 pandemic (and beyond): Guiding cautions as telehealth enters the clinical mainstream. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 28, 743-748.

Douglas, S., Jensen-Doss, A., Odorica, C., & Comer, J.S. (2020). Strategies to enhance communication with telemental health measurement-based care (tMBC). Practice Innovations, 5, 143-149.

Georgiadis, C., Peris, T.S., & Comer, J.S. (2020). Implementing strategic flexibility in the delivery of youth mental health care: A tailoring framework for thoughtful clinical practice. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 5, 215-232.

Hong, N., Cornacchio, D., Pettit, J., & Comer, J.S. (2019). Coal mine canaries in clinical psychology: Getting better at identifying early signals of treatment nonresponse. Clinical Psychological Science, 7, 1207-1221.

Sanchez, A.L., Cornacchio, D., Poznanski, B., Golik, A., Chou, T., & Comer, J.S. (2018). The effectiveness of school-based mental health services for elementary-aged children: A meta-analysis. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 57, 153-165.

Wiltsey-Stirman, S. & Comer, J.S. (2018). What are we even trying to implement? Considering the relative merits of promoting evidence-based practices, protocols, principles, or policy. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 25, 1-3.

Gallo, K.P., Comer, J.S., Barlow, D.H., Clarke, R.N., & Antony, M.N. (2015). Direct-to-Consumer marketing of psychological treatments: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83, 994-998.

Comer, J.S., Mojtabai, R., & Olfson, M. (2011). National trends in the antipsychotic treatment of psychiatric outpatients with anxiety disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry, 168, 1057-1065.

Comer, J.S., Olfson, M., & Mojtabai, R. (2010) National trends in child and adolescent psychotropic polypharmacy in office-based practice, 1996-2007. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 49, 1001-1010.

Comer, J.S., & Barlow, D.H. (2014). The occasional case against broad dissemination and implementation: Retaining a role for specialty care in the delivery of psychological treatments. American Psychologist, 69 1-18.

Barlow, D.H., Bullis, J.R., Comer, J.S., & Armetaj, A.A. (2013). Evidence-based psychological treatments: An update and the way forward. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 9, 1-27.

Gallo, K.P., Comer, J.S., & Barlow, D.H. (2013). Direct-to-consumer marketing of psychological treatments for anxiety disorders. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 27, 793-801.