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Stakeholder Perspectives on Implementing Cognitive Behavioral Social Skills Training on Assertive Community Treatment Teams

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This study examined stakeholder perceptions of the “fit” between cognitive-behavioral social skills training (CBSST) and assertive community treatment (ACT) when implementing CBSST into existing community-based ACT teams. Focus group feedback was collected from a diverse set of stakeholders (i.e., clients, providers, supervisors, agency administrators, public sector representatives, and intervention developers). Results identified perceived client and provider benefits for integrating CBSST into ACT while highlighting the importance of purposeful adaptations, training, and implementation tools to facilitate structural and values fit between CBSST and ACT. Study findings will inform future endeavors to implement CBSST and other relevant EBPs into ACT. Trial Registry: ClinicalTrials.gov #NCT02254733.

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Acknowledgements

We thank the participants who volunteered for this study. Research reported in this publication was supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Office of Research and Development, Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, the National Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health (Grant R01MH091057-05 to Dr. Granholm). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Department of Veterans Affairs or National Institutes of Health. Dr. Granholm has an equity interest in Granholm Consulting, Inc., a company that may potentially benefit from the research results as he receives income from the company for CBSST workshops and consulting and royalties for a CBSST book. The terms of this arrangement have been reviewed and approved by the University of California, San Diego in accordance with its conflict of interest policies.

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This study was funded by the Veterans Medical Research Foundation (5R01MH091057-05).

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093-0812, USA

    David H. Sommerfeld, Gregory A. Aarons, Jason Holden, Dimitri Perivoliotis & Eric Granholm

  2. Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

    Jeanean B. Naqvi

  3. Psychology Service, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, USA

    Dimitri Perivoliotis & Eric Granholm

  4. Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Boston University, Boston, USA

    Kim T. Mueser

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David H. Sommerfeld, Gregory A. Aarons, Jeanean Naqvi, Dimitri Perivoliotis and Kim Mueser declare that they have no conflict of interest. Jason Holden conducts CBSST training workshops as a paid consultant and receives royalties from Guildford Press for CBSST book sales. Eric Granholm conducts CBSST training workshops as a paid consultant through Granholm Consulting Inc. and receives royalties from Guildford Press for CBSST book sales.

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Sommerfeld, D.H., Aarons, G.A., Naqvi, J.B. et al. Stakeholder Perspectives on Implementing Cognitive Behavioral Social Skills Training on Assertive Community Treatment Teams. Adm Policy Ment Health 46, 188–199 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-018-0904-8

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