Research by CTBH affiliated researchers leads to first FDA approval of digital therapeutic
The Therapeutic Education System (TES), an interactive, web-based program grounded in the Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) to behavior therapy, was developed and tested by CTBH affiliated researchers. This program was recently rebranded by Pear Therapeutics as reSET, a mobile application. This digital therapeutic was the first “digital therapeutic” to be approved by the FDA to treat substance use disorders.
Read MoreCTBH welcomed U.S. Representative Ann McLane Kuster and National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Director Dr. Nora Volkow to Dartmouth
The Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, together with the Geisel School of Medicine, recently hosted a conference focused on New Hampshire’s opioid crisis. The conference, “Tackling the New Hampshire Opioid Crisis: Harnessing the Power of Science to Break the Cycle”, brought together a broad array of stakeholders to discuss the role science can play in the opioid epidemic.
Read MoreInvestigating mechanisms of change in digital therapeutic interventions
The Treatment Development and Evaluation Core (TDE) Core of the CTBH is committed to serving as a resource for enhancing research processes related to the development and evaluation of digital therapeutics. During the first period of the Center grant we collaborated with 4 CTBH-affiliated research groups to investigate potential mechanisms by which digital therapeutic interventions for substance use and related conditions exert their effects. Briefly, five measures were embedded in four clinical trials. The measures assessed coping skills acquisition and use, self-confidence in ability to resist substance use and other risk behaviors, change in sensitivity to addictive and alternative, non-drug reward, quality and type of social support, motivation to change substance using behavior. We have also been examining various moderators of intervention effects. We have been publishing these findings from each trial and are are planning to publish a paper that synthesizes results across trials.
Read MoreCTBH funds two innovative pilot studies
As part of the Center’s aim to support the development and evaluation of cutting-edge applications of technology to the treatment of substance-use disorders and related issues, CTBH offers limited funding to affiliated researchers and their trainees to support novel pilot projects that offer considerable promise to have a large impact on the field. We are pleased to announce that two important projects were recently funded.
Read MoreCTBH Research Spotlight – “Empowering Pregnant Mothers with Opioid Use Disorders to Create and Implement a Plan of Safe Care for their Infants Using Technology”
CTBH Dissemination and Implementation Core Director, Sarah Lord, PhD, along with Daisy Goodman CNM, DNP, MPH received funding from Dartmouth SYNERGY’s 2017 Community Engagement Pilot program in May 2017.
“Empowering Pregnant Mothers with Opioid Use Disorders to Create and Implement a Plan of Safe Care for their Infants Using Technology” aims to involve women with opioid use disorder and other care stakeholders in the adaptation of a digital platform to empower mothers to develop a plan of safe care for their infant children.
Read MoreCTBH in the News! CTBH leading Latin American project on digital health for mental health
Dartmouth Medicine Magazine featured CTBH’s NIMH funded Latin America Mental Health Project in their Spring 2017 issue.
In the article, Lisa Marsch, PhD, (CTBH Director and principal investigator on the project notes: “This is an ambitious project with a lot of partners and a broad array of stakeholders, including researchers, governmental organizations, patient advocacy organizations, insurance company payers, and non-governmental and multilateral organizations in both the United States and Latin America”.
Read MoreCTBH in the News! Study finds legal cannabis laws impact teen use
CTBH pre-doctoral fellow, Jacob Borodovsky, was interviewed by Geisel NewsCenter about a recent study published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence (vol.177).
Read MoreCTBH in the News! A global literature review of digital technology in the prevention and treatment of mental disorders in low and middle-income countries
A CTBH team, led by John Naslund, PhD, led a global literature review of digital technology in the prevention and treatment of mental disorders in low and middle-income countries. This paper was published in Lancet Psychiatry. Geisel NewsCenter highlighted this impactful publication in a recent article.
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