Browsing by Author "Garcia, Dainelys"

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    A classification system for youth outpatient behavioral health services billed to medicaid
    (Frontiers Media, 2024-02-05) Rodríguez, Gabriela M.; Pederson, Casey A.; Garcia, Dainelys; Schwartz, Katherine; Brown, Steven A.; Aalsma, Matthew C.; Psychiatry, School of Medicine
    Rates of youth behavioral health concerns have been steadily rising. Administrative data can be used to study behavioral health service utilization among youth, but current methods that rely on identifying an associated behavioral health diagnosis or provider specialty are limited. We reviewed all procedure codes billed to Medicaid for youth in one U.S. county over a 10-year period. We identified 158 outpatient behavioral health procedure codes and classified them according to service type. This classification system can be used by health services researchers to better characterize youth behavioral health service utilization.
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    Characterizing Intervention Strategies Used in Community-Based Mental Health Care for Infants and Their Families
    (Springer, 2018-09) Rodriguez, Gabriela M.; Garcia, Dainelys; Blizzard, Angela; Barroso, Nicole E.; Bagner, Daniel M.; Psychiatry, School of Medicine
    Mental health interventions for infants typically target high-risk groups and can prevent long-term negative outcomes. Despite federal initiatives promoting early intervention, minimal research has examined usual care services for infants, which is important to improve routine care. The current study characterized usual care practices in infant mental health through the adaptation and administration of a provider survey. Providers (n = 126) reported using a wide range of intervention strategies and few intervention programs with varied evidence. Findings can inform future research to identify quality improvement targets of usual mental health care for high-risk infants and their families.
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    Correction to: Rapid, Full-Scale Change to Virtual PCIT During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implementation and Clinical Implications
    (Springer, 2021) Garcia, Dainelys; Blizzard, Angela M.; Peskin, Abigail; Rothenberg, W. Andrew; Schmidt, Ellyn; Piscitello, Jennifer; Espinosa, Natalie; Salem, Hanan; Rodriguez, Gabriela M.; Sherman, Jamie A.; Parlade, Meaghan V.; Landa, Alexis L.; Davis, Eileen M.; Weinstein, Allison; Garcia, Angela; Perez, Camille; Rivera, Jessica M.; Martinez, Chary; Jent, Jason F.; Psychiatry, School of Medicine
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    Rapid, Full-Scale Change to Virtual PCIT During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implementation and Clinical Implications
    (Springer, 2021-04) Garcia, Dainelys; Blizzard, Angela M.; Peskin, Abigail; Rothenberg, W. Andrew; Schmidt, Ellyn; Piscitello, Jennifer; Espinosa, Natalie; Salem, Hanan; Rodriguez, Gabriela M.; Sherman, Jamie A.; Parlade, Meaghan V.; Landa, Alexis L.; Davis, Eileen M.; Weinstein, Allison; Garcia, Angela; Perez, Camille; Rivera, Jessica M.; Martinez, Chary; Jent, Jason F.; Psychiatry, School of Medicine
    Health agencies call for the immediate mobilization of existing interventions in response to numerous child and family mental health concerns that have arisen as result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Answering this call, this pilot study describes the rapid, full-scale change from a primarily clinic-based Parent–Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) model to a virtual service model (i.e., I-PCIT) in an academic and community-based program in Miami, Florida. First, we describe the virtual service training model our program developed and its implementation with 17 therapists (MAge = 32.35, 88.2% female, 47.1% Hispanic) to enable our clinic to shift from providing virtual services to a small portion of the families served (29.1%) to all of the families served. Second, we examine the effect of I-PCIT on child and caregiver outcomes during the 2-month stay-at-home period between March 16, 2020, and May 16, 2020, in 86 families (MChildAge = 4.75, 71% Hispanic). Due to the rapid nature of the current study, all active participants were transferred to virtual services, and therefore there was no comparison or control group, and outcomes represent the most recently available scores and not treatment completion. Results reveal that I-PCIT reduced child externalizing and internalizing problems and caregiver stress, and increased parenting skills and child compliance with medium to large effects even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, the study examined components of our virtual service training model associated with the greatest improvements in child and caregiver outcomes. Preliminary findings revealed that locally and collaboratively developed strategies (e.g., online communities of practice, training videos and guides) had the strongest association with child and caregiver outcomes. Implications for virtual service delivery, implementation, and practice in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic are discussed.