The Research <> Practice Gap There is no denying that Evidence-Based Practices (EBPs) have increasingly dominated the clinical landscape across the past 30 years. Originating from the early work of behavioral psychologists’ attempts to apply scientific principles to predict and influence human change, the field has now blossomed into…
The research team at Blueprint was thrilled to be a part of the 2020 Association for Contextual Behavioral Science [https://contextualscience.org/] (ACBS) world conference! Despite the conference being virtual this year, Blueprint was involved in a number of ways including presenting on two research studies below. The first study…
Quality mental healthcare starts with an accurate understanding of each patients' symptoms and experiences. While diagnostic frameworks such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM-5) provide a framework for evaluating and categorizing each individuals' mental health symptom into discrete categories, the truth is that…
The Blueprint Workshop Series has been a cornerstone of our company's mission to engage and excite clinicians about the importance of measurement-based care. Through our free educational workshops held on a monthly basis, we have had hundreds of clinicians from around the country attend our previous events with…
The Blueprint team is excited to announce a new partnership with the Translational Research Institute [https://tri.uams.edu/] at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Supported by a pilot grant titled "Digital PTSD Screening and Intervention to Meet Rural Needs" and lead by primary investigator Dr.…
> “All this patient health information coming in from Blueprint is great - but how do I actually use this information to practice measurement-based care?!” This is a common question for many clinicians new to the Blueprint community - and for good reason. For many of us, integrating routine outcome…
For many, a good night’s sleep feels more like a dream than a real possibility. But adequate sleep isn’t a luxury - it’s an essential component of physical and mental wellbeing. Over the past decade, the relationship between sleep and health has received increasing attention, as has…
Throughout my work as the clinical director at Blueprint, I have had the privilege of collaborating with clinics across the country to help them begin to integrate outcome measurement into their practices and improve their quality of care. For some, this process is seamless and familiar, with clinical staff already…
Although by no means a novel practice, mindfulness has quickly become a hot topic in conversations about mental health. Evidence that mindfulness training can reduce symptoms and improve quality of life abounds, but the task of quantifying that improvement is less straightforward. The ability to measure mindfulness accurately and reliably…
A recent review by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) found that there are currently over 10,000 mental health apps on the market today. At first glance, that number is astounding. However, technology in mental health is not necessarily a new concept. The 1966 advent of the Rogerian artificial intelligence…