Behavioral Health Care and Technology: Using Science-Based Innovations to Transform Practice
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Contents Introduction Section I: OPTIMAL MODELS FOR DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY-BASED THERAPEUTIC TOOLS TARGETING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Chapter 1: Technology and the Stage Model of Behavioral Intervention Development Chapter 2: Theoretical Models to Inform Technology-Based Health Behavior Interventions Section II: EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACHES TO HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY TO PROMOTE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Chapter 3: Behavioral Monitoring and Assessment Via Mobile Sensing Technologies Chapter 4: Technology-based Behavioral Interventions for Alcohol and Drug Use Problems Chapter 5: Using Behavioral Intervention Technologies to Reduce the Burden of Mood and Anxiety Disorders Chapter 6: Technologies for People with Serious Mental Illness Chapter 7: Applying Technology to Medication Management and Adherence Chapter 8: Technological Approaches to Assess and Treat Cigarette Smoking Chapter 9: Technology-based Interventions to Promote Diet, Exercise and Weight Control Chapter 10: Evidence-based Approaches to Harnessing Technology to Provide Social-Emotional Support Section III: METHODS FOR THE EVALUATION OF TECHNOLOGY-BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE Chapter 11: mHealth Analytics Chapter 12: Research Designs to Develop and Evaluate Technology-Based Health Behavior Interventions Chapter 13: Evaluating Mechanisms of Behavior Change to Inform and Evaluate Technology-Based Interventions Chapter 14: Economics Analysis of Technology-Based Behavioral Healthcare Systems Section IV: EFFECTIVE DISSEMINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION Chapter 15: Models for Effective Dissemination and Implementation of Technology-based Behavioral Health Care Systems Chapter 16: Privacy, Security, and Regulatory Considerations as Related to Behavioral Health Information Technology Chapter 17: Harnessing mHealth in Low-Resource Settings to Overcome Health System Constraints and Achieve Universal Access to Health Chapter 18: Open Architecture and Standards in Mobile Health Section V: PUBLIC HEALTH AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS Chapter 19: Using Technology to Integrate Behavioral Health into Primary Care Chapter 20: The Potential of Technology Solutions for Behavioral Healthcare Disparities Chapter 21: Behavioral Health Information Technology Adoption in the Context of a Changing Healthcare Landscape Chapter 22: Envisioning the Future: Transformation of Health Care Systems via Technology
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Digital interventions can be equally or even more effective than clinician-delivered interventions.
“They can be equally or even more effective than cli nician- delivered interventions 253 .”
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Digital interventions for SUDs have demonstrated efficacy for screening and assessment, treatment and recovery, as stand-alone tools or as adjuncts to clinician-delivered interventions.
“Digital interventions for SUDs have demonstrated efficacy for screening and assessment 251- 253 , treatment 254,255 and recovery 250,256 , as stand- alone tools or as adjuncts to clinician- delivered in terventions.”
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