Development and Validation of the Gatekeeper Behavior Scale.

Background: Community-based gatekeeper trainings are effective tools in increasing gatekeeper skills but few validated measures assess impact.

Aims: This study aimed at determining the validity of an 11-item Gatekeeper Behavior Scale (GBS) to assess gatekeeper skills that predict behavior.

Method: To validate the scale, 8,931 users were administered GBS surveys at pretraining, posttraining, and follow-up periods.

Ethical dilemmas in pediatric and adolescent psychogenic nonepileptic seizures.

To date, only a very narrow window of ethical dilemmas in psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) has been explored. Numerous distinct ethical dilemmas arise in diagnosing and treating pediatric and adolescent patients with PNESs. Important ethical values at stake include trust, transparency, confidentiality, professionalism, autonomy of all stakeholders, and justice.

An independent effectiveness trial of multisystemic therapy with juvenile justice youth.

This study examines the effectiveness of an evidence-based practice, multisystemic therapy (MST), conducted in a real-world mental health setting with juvenile justice involved youth and their families. Importantly, this is the first randomized clinical trial of MST with juvenile offenders in the United States conducted without direct oversight by the model developers. This study reports outcomes achieved for 93 youth randomly assigned to MST or treatment as usual (TAU) services through 18-month follow-up posttreatment for offense data and 6-month follow-up posttreatment for ratings of the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS).