Effectiveness research: transporting interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adolescents (IPT-A) from the lab to school-based health clinics.
This paper describes the process of modifying and transporting an evidence-based treatment, Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Adolescents (IPT-A), from a university setting to school-based health clinics. It addresses conceptual issues involved in the shift from efficacy to effectiveness research as well as operational issues specific to the transport of IPT-A into school-based health clinics. Consideration is given to the rationale for an IPT-A effectiveness study, methodological concerns, and the timing of the move from the "lab" to the community. The authors identify challenges and barriers to initiating effectiveness and transportability research and provide suggestions for overcoming these barriers. Recommendations for conducting research in school-based practice settings are provided.
Mufson
Laura H
LH
Division of Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York, USA. mufsonL@childpsych.columbia.edu
Dorta
Kristen Pollack
KP
Olfson
Mark
M
Weissman
Myrna M
MM
Hoagwood
Kimberly
K
D000293:Adolescent; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006801:Humans; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012572:School Health Services; D014481:United States