Felton Lab

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NIH R01 · 2024

Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial to Evaluate a Scalable, Peer-Delivered Intervention for Depression among People with Substance Use Disorder in a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic

Low-income, racial/ethnic minoritized individuals, especially people of color living in impoverished communities, have limited access to evidence-based interventions (EBIs) for mental health yet also experience greater psy- chiatric and medical comorbidities and poorer treatment outcomes compared to higher-income, White counter- parts. Alarmingly, rates of major depressive disorder (MDD) and substance use disorder (SUD) have risen sig- nificantly for Black adults over the past two decades, particularly individuals living in poverty, resulting in dispro- portionately worsening clinical and functional outcomes. There is a pressing need to disseminate EBIs for MDD- SUD that are acceptable,…

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