Pilot Effectiveness and Transportability Trial of Multi-Family Psychoeducational Psychotherapy (MF-PEP) for Childhood Mood Disorders in a Community Behavioral Health Setting
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: Limited research has examined the effectiveness, transportability, and dissemination of Evidence-Based Treatments [EBTs], especially for children and adolescents (APA Task Force on EBP for Children and Adolescents, 2008; Barlow, Levitt, & Bufka, 1999; Higa & Chorpita, 2008; Kendall & Beidas, 2007).Even when EBTs are implemented in the real-world, psychotherapy has stronger effects in university-based research studies than in community settings (Weersing & Weisz, 2002).Multi-Family Psychoeducational Psychotherapy (MF-PEP) is an adjunctive, manual-driven, group-based EBT for children with mood disorders and their parents which has shown positive results in two randomized controlled efficacy trials (Fristad,
Author: Heather A. MacPherson
Institution: The Ohio State University
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2596991697