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Focus and Inattention in Mental Health Treatment Outcomes

Alexander Danvers, PhD
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Description

Problems with focus and attention are common in mental health treatment, and often lead clients or patients to ask about ADHD. The research and diagnostic criteria, however, are clear that issues with focus are common to many conditions: depression, anxiety, trauma, and more. This presentation uses data from several years of mental health treatment outcomes data at Sierra Tucson, a large residential mental health facility, and an ADHD screening measure provided to all clients, to document the relationships between inattention, hyperactivity, and mental health symptoms. It also documents the way that inattention influences treatment outcomes overall.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Identify at least five mental health symptoms that commonly correlate with inattention.

  • Describe how inattention and hyperactivity change the trajectory of mental health outcomes in a higher acuity setting.

Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is for attendees to identify mental health symptoms that commonly correlate with inattention and describe how inattention and hyperactivity change the trajectory of mental health outcomes in higher acuity settings.

Target Audience

  • Addiction Professional
  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker

Presenters

Alexander Danvers, PhD
Alex Danvers, PhD, received his PhD in Psychology from Arizona State University in 2017. He is an expert in research methods and statistics, especially mobile sensing and analyzing change over time. He currently serves as the Director of Treatment Outcomes for Sierra Tucson, where he oversees the Treatment Outcomes and the Applied Neuroscience programs. He has over 30 peer reviewed academic publications with over 1500 cumulative scientific citations, and over 100 blog posts with over 800,000 page views for his Psychology Today blog “How Do You Know?” Before this, he was a Civilian Research Scientist at the U.S. Army Research Labs, and has taught courses at Arizona State University, Oklahoma State University, and Saint Xavier University.

Financially Sponsored By

  • Acadia Healthcare Treatment Placement Specialists® (TPS)