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About PracticeWise

PracticeWise is a business co-founded by Drs. Bruce Chorpita and Eric Daleiden in 2004 in response to the difficulty of scaling children’s mental health treatments in such a way that the largest number of children will have access to the most effective evidence-based treatments. Since that time, PracticeWise has facilitated mental health system reforms around the U.S. and the world, and these activities, among others, are documented in hundreds of publicly available and peer-reviewed scholarly papers. Dr. Chorpita remains a co-owner of PracticeWise, and his involvement is reported annually to the university as part of standard university procedures and is routinely disclosed in publications and presentations.

PracticeWise materials are used by over 200 certified Instructors at universities around the world, including at UCLA, and there are more than 300 PracticeWise Agency Supervisors who train and supervise mental health professionals and trainees around the world, including more than 200 at community mental health centers and public schools right here in Los Angeles County.

Special Note for UCLA Students: During their time at UCLA, some students may choose to become involved with PracticeWise for compensation or for licensed access to datasets or other resources for their research projects. All such pursuits follow university guidelines regarding student involvement in faculty outside activities, and the Clinical Area Chair, Vice Chair for Graduate Studies, and Department Chair are regularly available for guidance regarding such pursuits.

Selected peer-reviewed scientific publications describing PracticeWise, its role in implementation of evidence-based care, and how it has worked with academic and community partners include the following:

Becker, K. D., Daleiden, E. L., Kataoka, S. H., Edwards, S. M., Best, K. M., Donohue, A., & Chorpita, B. F. (2022). Pilot study of the MAP curriculum for psychotherapy competencies in child and adolescent psychiatry. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 75, 82-88. (link)

Bennett, S., Cross, H., Chowdhury, K., Ford, T., Heyman, I., Coughtrey, A., Dalrymple, E., Byford, S., Chorpita, B. F., Fonagy, P., Moss-Morris, R., Reilly, C., Smith, J. A., Stephenson, T., Varadkar, S., Blackstone, J., Quartly, H., Hughes, T., Lewins, , A., Moore, E., Walji, F., Welch, A., Whelan, E., Zacharia, A., D’Oelsnitz, A., Shah, M., Xu, L., Vezyroglou, A., Mitchell, K., Nizza, I. E., Ganguli, P., & Shafran, R. (2024). Mental Health Intervention for Children with Epilepsy (MICE): A randomized controlled, multi-centre clinical trial evaluating the clinical effectiveness of psychological therapy in addition to usual care compared to assessment-enhanced usual care alone. The Lancet, 403, 1254-1266. (link)

Crane, M. E., Kendall, P. C., Chorpita, B. F., Sanders, M. R., Miller, A. R., Webster-Stratton, C., McWilliam, J., Beck, J. S., Ashen, C., Embry, D. D., Pickering, J. A., & Daleiden, E. L. (2023). The role of the implementation organizations in scaling evidence-based psychosocial interventions. Implementation Science, 18:24, 1-15. (link)

Higa-McMillan, C. K., Nakamura, B. J., Daleiden, E. L., Edwall, G. E., Nygaard, P., & Chorpita, B. F. (2020). Fifteen years of MAP implementation in Minnesota: Tailoring training to evolving provider experience and expertise. Journal of Family Social Work, 23(2), 91-113. (link)

Mennen, F. E., Cederbaum, J., Chorpita, B. F., Becker, K. D., Lopez, O., Sela-Amit, M. (2018). The large-scale implementation of evidence-informed practice into specialized MSW curriculum. Journal of Social Work Education, 54, S56-S64. (link)

Southam-Gerow, M. A., Daleiden, E. L., Chorpita, B. F., Bae, C. Mitchell, C., Faye, M., & Alba, M. (2014). MAPping Los Angeles County: Taking an evidence-informed model of mental health care to scale. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 43, 190-200. (link)

Szota, K., van der Meer, A. S., Bourdeau, T., Chorpita, B. F., Chavanon, M., & Christiansen, H. (2024). Pilot study of implementing Managing and Adapting Practice in a German psychotherapy master’s program. Scientific Reports.

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