Targeted assessment and context-tailored implementation of change strategies (TACTICS) to increase evidence based psychotherapy in military behavioral health clinics: Design of a cluster-randomized stepped-wedge implementation study

Despite efforts by the U.S. Department of Defense to train behavioral health (BH) providers in evidence-based psychotherapies (EBPs) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), numerous barriers limit EBP implementation. A context-tailored implementation approach called TACTICS (Targeted Assessment and Context-Tailored Implementation of Change Strategies) holds promise for increasing the use of EBPs such as prolonged exposure therapy (PE) in military treatment facilities. TACTICS combines a needs assessment, a rubric for selecting implementation strategies based on local barriers, an implementation toolkit, and external facilitation to support local champions and their implementation teams in enacting changes.

Source: Contemporary Clinical Trials - April 20, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Craig S. Rosen, C. Adrian Davis, David Riggs, Jeffery Cook, Alan L. Peterson, Stacey Young-McCaughan, Katherine Anne Comtois, Christopher K. Haddock, Elisa V. Borah, Katherine A. Dondanville, Erin P. Finley, Sara A. Jahnke, Walker S.C. Poston, Shannon Wil Source Type: research