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The Delaware Project – ABCT – NIMH RDoC Webinar Series

The Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) unit of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the Delaware Project (DP), and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) have created a webinar series focused on the science-to-service pipeline within the fields of psychology and psychiatry.  This series aims to bring a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to understanding the connections between basic science, translational research, and intervention and how these connections may be utilized in a way that moves these fields forward.  

The second webinar took place on November 17, 2016, and focused on the concepts of fear and anxiety within psychological disorders such as depression and phobias.  This webinar featured Dr. Stewart Shankman, Dr. Alicia Meuret, and Dr. Shannon Wiltsey-Stirman and was moderated by Dr. Timothy Fowles.  Discussions focused on the neurophysiology of fear and anxiety, the implications of these neurophysiological mechanisms in treatment trials, and the application of these interventions within clinical settings.

The second webinar took place on September 26, 2017, and examined function and dysfunction within reward systems and how these processes manifest in constructs such as anhedonia.  This webinar featured Dr. Greg Hajcak, Dr. Dana McMakin, and Dr. Mary Beth Gibbons and was moderated by Dr. Ryan Beveridge.  This webinar included discussions on the pathological mechanisms underlying anhedonia, treatment techniques targeting these mechanisms, and challenges facing the dissemination and implementation of these evidence-based strategies.

The third webinar took place on April 12th, 2019, and focused on understanding and treating the complexity and heterogeneity of suicide. This webinar featured Dr. Matthew Nock, Dr. Lisa Pan, and Dr. David Brent, and was moderated by Dr. Timothy Fowles. This webinar included a discussion of how to apply research to the psychobiological constructs relevant to suicide, using imaging and metabolomic markers to predict the risk of suicide, and exemplars of interventions that work for suicide and the potential mechanisms underlying such treatments.  

Watch the first webinar here:

And the second here:

And the third below:

Announcements, Publications/Presentations, Training Resources

Translating Psychological Research into Practice

Translating Psychological Research into Practice is an edited book published by Springer Books in late 2013. We believe it epitomizes the spirit of the Delaware Project, attempting to increase dialogue by clinicians and researchers with the goal of improving clinical practice. The chapters presented focus on 65 different clinical problem areas that clinicians frequently encounter in their professional practice.  The first part of each chapter is written by an academic summarizing the evidence-based research in the area. The second part of the chapter is written by a clinician who discusses what it is like to apply evidence-based research in their work, including the presentation of a case example.

The research section focuses on the definition and epidemiology of the clinical problem, a summary of the evidence-based research, cultural diversity issues, and recommendations for future research. The clinical application focuses on a reaction to the research section, the presentation of a clinical case applying evidence-based research, cultural diversity issues, and recommendations for future research needed to improve clinical practice. Both the researchers and the clinicians present Key References for the reader.to explore the clinical area further.

The Foreword was written by David Barlow and the book has received endorsements from Nadine Kaslow, former president of the American Psychological Association, and J. Gayle Beck, Editor of Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.

A description of the book, with a tab for the complete Table of Contents, may be found at http://www.springerpub.com/product/9780826109422#.UuPe6RAo4dW

Outside Resource Link: http://www.springerpub.com/product/9780826109422#.UuPe6RAo4dW

 

Announcements, Publications/Presentations, Training Resources

Clinical Psychological Science Special Issue on the Delaware Project

We are pleased to announce that a special issue of Clinical Psychological Science has been released devoted specifically to the Delaware Project.  This is an important milestone for furthering the Delaware Project vision.  Those who participated in the meeting envisioned a special issue like this, and can now see the fruits of their labors with these articles:

Special Series Introduction: Reenvisioning Clinical Science Training Alan E. Kazdin Clinical Psychological Science 2014;2 6-7 http://cpx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/full/2/1/6?etoc 

Redefining Clinical Science Training: Purpose and Products of the Delaware Project Varda Shoham, Michael J. Rohrbaugh, Lisa S. Onken, Bruce N. Cuthbert, Ryan M. Beveridge, and Timothy R. Fowles Clinical Psychological Science 2014;2 8-21 http://cpx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/2/1/8?etoc 

Reenvisioning Clinical Science: Unifying the Discipline to Improve the Public Health Lisa S. Onken, Kathleen M. Carroll, Varda Shoham, Bruce N. Cuthbert, and Melissa Riddle Clinical Psychological Science 2014;2 22-34 http://cpx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/2/1/22?etoc 

The Future of Clinical Science Training: New Challenges and Opportunities Robert W. Levenson Clinical Psychological Science 2014;2 35-45 http://cpx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/2/1/35?etoc 

Reconceptualizing Internship Training Within the Evolving Clinical Science Training Model Marc S. Atkins, Timothy J. Strauman, Jill M. Cyranowski, and Gregory G. Kolden Clinical Psychological Science 2014;2 46-57 http://cpx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/2/1/46?etoc 

Odd Couple? Reenvisioning the Relation Between Science and Practice in the Dissemination-Implementation Era John R. Weisz, Mei Yi Ng, and Sarah Kate Bearman Clinical Psychological Science 2014;2 58-74 http://cpx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/2/1/58?etoc