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The course: Little Treatments, Big Effects: Single-Session Interventions That Create Lasting Change by Jessica Schleider

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Despite progress in the identification of effective mental health interventions, up to 80% of people with mental health needs go without services each year. Even among those who do access care, many drop out prematurely, and few receive evidence-based interventions. Thus, there is a need for scalable psychological interventions—especially programs deliverable beyond brick-and-mortar clinics and via nontraditional means to maximize accessibility. This recording will introduce the latest research targeted, single-session interventions for mental health problems in youths and adults. Given their low-cost, brevity, and flexible delivery format, SSIs hold especially high potential for disseminability. Evidence supporting the promise of SSIs will be presented, along with walkthroughs of web-based and clinician-delivered SSIs designed to reduce distress and increase receptivity to mental health treatment in those in need of care.

1. Analyze advances in research on single-session interventions (SSIs) for youth mental health problems, including characteristics of effective SSIs that have shown positive effects. 
2. Employ components of SSIs that may help reduce internalizing symptoms and improve likelihood of pursuing mental health treatment. 
3. Determine strategies for evaluating the feasibility and effectiveness of SSIs implemented in clinical and/or research settings.

• Learn the present state of research on single-session interventions (SSIs) for mental health problems.
• Learn how to identify and implement components of SSIs that are important to their clinical utility.
• Gain knowledge of and access to a suite of freely available, evidence-based SSIs, for use in future clinical practice.