TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of evidence-based assessment for childhood anxiety disorders in community practice
AU - Whiteside, Stephen P.H.
AU - Sattler, Adam F.
AU - Hathaway, Julie
AU - Douglas, Kristin Vickers
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health: 1R34MH100468-01.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health: 1R34MH100468-01.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2016/4/1
Y1 - 2016/4/1
N2 - High-quality assessment is essential to the delivery of effective treatment for childhood anxiety disorders. However, relatively little is known about how frequently child clinicians utilize evidence-based assessment (EBA) techniques in practice, and even less is known about the factors that influence EBA use in such settings. Thus, the current study presents data from a survey of 339 clinicians from a variety of professional backgrounds concerning their use of EBA for childhood anxiety disorders and explores issues preventing EBA implementation. Results indicated infrequent EBA use with clinicians citing practical barriers (i.e., time, access, knowledge, cost) and negative beliefs about EBA techniques (i.e., unhelpful) as issues preventing implementation. Implications for future EBA dissemination and implementation efforts are discussed.
AB - High-quality assessment is essential to the delivery of effective treatment for childhood anxiety disorders. However, relatively little is known about how frequently child clinicians utilize evidence-based assessment (EBA) techniques in practice, and even less is known about the factors that influence EBA use in such settings. Thus, the current study presents data from a survey of 339 clinicians from a variety of professional backgrounds concerning their use of EBA for childhood anxiety disorders and explores issues preventing EBA implementation. Results indicated infrequent EBA use with clinicians citing practical barriers (i.e., time, access, knowledge, cost) and negative beliefs about EBA techniques (i.e., unhelpful) as issues preventing implementation. Implications for future EBA dissemination and implementation efforts are discussed.
KW - Anxiety disorders
KW - Child
KW - Clinical practice
KW - Evidenced-based assessment
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U2 - 10.1016/j.janxdis.2016.02.008
DO - 10.1016/j.janxdis.2016.02.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 26962996
AN - SCOPUS:84959547406
SN - 0887-6185
VL - 39
SP - 65
EP - 70
JO - Journal of anxiety disorders
JF - Journal of anxiety disorders
ER -