2020 PCORI Virtual Annual Meeting Breakout Session

Many children and adolescents in the United States who need mental health services don’t get them. This is particularly concerning given the recent rise in suicide rates among youth, especially in low-income, minority, and rural populations. This breakout session highlights two PCORI-funded projects that seek to improve vulnerable youths’ access to mental health services through school-based interventions. These projects focus on depression and executive functioning. The projects represent different stages along the research-implementation continuum, providing a range of perspectives that will allow a comprehensive conversation. Because of the challenges involved in conducting research and implementing interventions in a school setting and the need for collaboration among stakeholders, the discussion will include a school representative or other non-researcher stakeholder.

Introduction

Joe Bonner, MPH, MA
Program Associate, Dissemination and Implementation
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Moderator

Mark Weist, PhD
Professor
University of South Carolina, Department of Psychology
Comparing Two School Behavioral Health Programs to Improve Students' Academic Performance and Mental Health

Speakers

Deepa Sekhar, MD, MSc
General Pediatrician & Clinician-Researcher
Penn State College of Medicine
Comparing Universal versus Targeted School Screenings for Depression among Teens--The SHIELD Trial

Laura Anthony, PhD
Clinical & Developmental Psychologist, Pediatric Mental Health Institute at the Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Innovative Implementation of a Robust Executive Function Intervention Delivered in Schools

Discussant

Brooke Carson, PhD
State Autism Specialist
Colorado Department of Education

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