TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluating a Modular Approach to Therapy for Children With Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, or Conduct Problems (MATCH) in School-Based Mental Health Care
T2 - Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
AU - Harmon, Sherelle L.
AU - Price, Maggi A.
AU - Corteselli, Katherine A.
AU - Lee, Erica H.
AU - Metz, Kristina
AU - Bonadio, F. Tony
AU - Hersh, Jacqueline
AU - Marchette, Lauren K.
AU - Rodríguez, Gabriela M.
AU - Raftery-Helmer, Jacquelyn
AU - Thomassin, Kristel
AU - Bearman, Sarah Kate
AU - Jensen-Doss, Amanda
AU - Evans, Spencer C.
AU - Weisz, John R.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Institute of Education Sciences grant number R305A140253.
Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright © 2021 Harmon, Price, Corteselli, Lee, Metz, Bonadio, Hersh, Marchette, Rodríguez, Raftery-Helmer, Thomassin, Bearman, Jensen-Doss, Evans and Weisz.
PY - 2021/3/5
Y1 - 2021/3/5
N2 - Introduction: Schools have become a primary setting for providing mental health care to youths in the U.S. School-based interventions have proliferated, but their effects on mental health and academic outcomes remain understudied. In this study we will implement and evaluate the effects of a flexible multidiagnostic treatment called Modular Approach to Therapy for Children with Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, or Conduct Problems (MATCH) on students' mental health and academic outcomes. Methods and Analysis: This is an assessor-blind randomized controlled effectiveness trial conducted across five school districts. School clinicians are randomized to either MATCH or usual care (UC) treatment conditions. The target sample includes 168 youths (ages 7–14) referred for mental health services and presenting with elevated symptoms of anxiety, depression, trauma, and/or conduct problems. Clinicians randomly assigned to MATCH or UC treat the youths who are assigned to them through normal school referral procedures. The project will evaluate the effectiveness of MATCH compared to UC on youths' mental health and school related outcomes and assess whether changes in school outcomes are mediated by changes in youth mental health. Ethics and Dissemination: This study was approved by the Harvard University Institutional Review Board (IRB14-3365). We plan to publish the findings in peer-reviewed journals and present them at academic conferences. Clinical Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02877875. Registered on August 24, 2016.
AB - Introduction: Schools have become a primary setting for providing mental health care to youths in the U.S. School-based interventions have proliferated, but their effects on mental health and academic outcomes remain understudied. In this study we will implement and evaluate the effects of a flexible multidiagnostic treatment called Modular Approach to Therapy for Children with Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, or Conduct Problems (MATCH) on students' mental health and academic outcomes. Methods and Analysis: This is an assessor-blind randomized controlled effectiveness trial conducted across five school districts. School clinicians are randomized to either MATCH or usual care (UC) treatment conditions. The target sample includes 168 youths (ages 7–14) referred for mental health services and presenting with elevated symptoms of anxiety, depression, trauma, and/or conduct problems. Clinicians randomly assigned to MATCH or UC treat the youths who are assigned to them through normal school referral procedures. The project will evaluate the effectiveness of MATCH compared to UC on youths' mental health and school related outcomes and assess whether changes in school outcomes are mediated by changes in youth mental health. Ethics and Dissemination: This study was approved by the Harvard University Institutional Review Board (IRB14-3365). We plan to publish the findings in peer-reviewed journals and present them at academic conferences. Clinical Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02877875. Registered on August 24, 2016.
KW - anxiety
KW - children and adolescents
KW - conduct problems
KW - depression
KW - modular treatment
KW - randomized controlled effectiveness trial
KW - school-based intervention
KW - trauma
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U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.639493
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.639493
M3 - Article
C2 - 33746857
AN - SCOPUS:85102937921
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 12
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
M1 - 639493
ER -