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Behav Ther. 2012 Jun;43(2):231-5. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2011.07.003. Epub 2011 Jul 28.

Direct-to-consumer marketing of evidence-based psychological interventions: introduction.

Behavior therapy

Lauren C Santucci, R Kathryn McHugh, David H Barlow

PMID: 22440061 DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2011.07.003

Abstract

The dissemination and implementation of evidence-based psychological interventions (EBPIs) to service provision settings has been a major challenge. Most efforts to disseminate and implement EBPIs have focused on clinicians and clinical systems as the consumers of these treatments and thus have targeted efforts to these groups. An alternative, complementary approach to achieve more widespread utilization of EBPIs is to disseminate directly to patients themselves. The aim of this special section is to explore several direct-to-consumer (i.e., patient) dissemination and education efforts currently underway. This manuscript highlights the rationale for direct-to-patient dissemination strategies as well as the application of marketing science to dissemination efforts. Achieving greater access to EBPIs will require the use of multiple approaches to overcome the many and varied barriers to successful dissemination and implementation.

Copyright © 2011. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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