Published in December, CTBH led the development of this edited book defining the state of scientific research related to the development, experimental evaluation, and effective implementation of technology-based therapeutic tools targeting behavioral health.

CTBH leadership gave the Keynote Addresses at a series of three regional summits organized by The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to promote the use of health information technology in recovery.

Funded by the Community Engagement Core of Dartmouth’s SYNERGY Program (Dartmouth’s NIH-funded Clinical Translational Science Award), Lisa Marsch, PhD, Sarah Lord, PhD, and Robert Drake, MD, PhD lead a CTBH team on this innovative project engaging community and academic partners in understanding needs and priorities among rural community health care systems around shifting health care systems – with a particular focus on integrating behavioral health and medical care in rural settings.

CTBH affiliate Ian David Aronson, PhD has received a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to develop a mobile video-based intervention to increase HIV testing among patients in a high volume urban emergency department (ED) who initially decline HIV tests offered by hospital staff. The three-year study will randomize patients into four groups, which will each see a different onscreen presentation about the importance of HIV testing. Pre-post intervention data collection instruments will measure the effectiveness of each presentation in terms of HIV test rates, change in self-efficacy to test for HIV and deal with the results, and changes in HIV-related knowledge.

Under the leadership of CTBH Director Dr. Marsch, CTBH is partnering on a new NIDA-funded project to develop and evaluate a mobile-friendly, web-based program designed to prevent abuse of prescription opioids among adolescents.

The Eye on Innovation section of the CTBH website contains a compilation of references and synopses of current empirical literature related to technology-based behavioral health care approaches.