Pilot Study on the Clinical Utility of the Tulsa Life Chart

Launched by LAUREATE INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH, INC. · Aug 30, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

Understanding the longitudinal course of mental health is critical for case conceptualization. One approach for capturing the complexity of an individual's illness course is to depict it graphically. The first attempt for this method was the National Institute of Mental Health Life Chart for Bipolar Disorder. Subsequent research indicated Life Charts are useful clinically and time- and cost-effective. Despite clinical utility and time and cost efficiency, this approach has not been widely adopted in the mental health field. Possible explanations are the prior focus on bipolar disorder, time...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• Treatment Seekers Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Actively seeking mental health treatment at Laureate Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital
• • 2. Provision of informed consent or if \<18 assent and parental consent
• • 3. Age 15 to 65 years
• • 4. Necessary resources to engage in a technology-based intervention
• • 5. English proficiency
• • 6. Willingness to grant access to medical records
• HCPs Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Employed at Laureate Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital in a patient care role
• • 2. Informed consent
• • 3. English proficiency
• • 4. Access to resources to engage in technology-based intervention
• Exclusion Criteria:
• Treatment Seekers Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Active suicidal ideation with plan or intent
• • 2. No access to resources to participate in a technology-based intervention
• • 3. Completed more than 2 sessions of therapy with their current provider prior to enrollment in the study
• • 4. Not proficient in English
• HCPs Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. No access to resources to participate in a technology-based intervention
• • 2. Not proficient in English