Beat It: US Based Pilot Evaluation of the Behavioral Activation Intervention, Beat It, for Young Adults with ID
Aims: 1) Ensure suitability of the Beat It intervention and accompanying manualized materials in the US; 2) Ensure that the research group can administer Beat It with fidelity for up to 20 individuals with IDD identified as having low mood or meet clinical criteria for depression; and 3) Evaluate the experiences and outcomes for patients and therapists.
Long-term Goal: To bring an evidenced-based depression intervention, from the UK, to the US. This pilot work will lay the ground needed for a large, randomized trial in the future.
Total awarded: $17,000. Research institution’s match $30,000.
National Research Consortium on MH-IDD
Evaluation of Telehealth Services on Mental Health Outcomes for People with Intellectual Disabilities
This study will compare START services when delivered in person or by telehealth.
In this study, people in the telehealth group will meet with their START team over the phone or computer for therapeutic coaching and outreach. Everyone will get intake, assessments and crisis response in person.
We want to know if both ways of providing START services reduces the use of crisis services and improves mental health. The information from this study can be used to improve telehealth services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and mental health conditions (IDD-MH) outside of START.
