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Current CASRC projects/grants:


Mixed-Methods Study of a Statewide EBP Implementation.
(NIMH R01MH072961)
Gregory A. Aarons, Principal Investigator

Center for Research to Improve Mental Health in Social Services
(NIMH P30MH068579)
Enola Proctor, Principal Investigator
Gregory A. Aarons, PI: Pilot Study: Organizational Receptivity to Evidence Based Practice

Advanced Center to Improve Pediatric Mental Health Care
PI: John Landsverk
Role: Core PI

ACISIR for Older People with Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses
PI: Dilip Jeste
Role: Core Co-PI

Developing Multi-Component Evidence Based Practice in Child Abuse Service Systems
PI: Debra Hecht
Role: Investigator


Research Interests:
• Implementation of evidence-based practice and innovation in mental health and substance abuse services
• Leadership in mental health and social service organizations
• Organizational climate and culture
• Adolescent substance abuse and mental health disorders

Other Affiliations:
• University of California, San Diego
• Rady Children's Hospital and Health Center
• Center to Improve Mental Health in Social Services, Washington University, St. Louis

View Dr. Aarons' Vita

Selected Publications: (Click on publication for a pdf of the article)

Aarons, G. A. (2004). Mental health provider attitudes toward adoption of evidence-based practice: The Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale. Mental Health Services Research, 6(2). 61-72

Aarons, G. A. (2005). Measuring provider attitudes toward adoption of evidence-based practice: Consideration of organizational context and individual differences. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. [Special Issue] Evidence-Based Practice, Part II: Effecting Change. Burns, B. J., & Hoagwood, K. E. (Eds.) 14(2), 255-271.

Aarons, G. A., & Sawitzky, A. C. (2006). Organizational culture and climate and mental health provider attitudes toward evidence-based practice. Psychological Services, 3(1), 61-72.

Aarons, G. A., & Sawitzky, A. C. (2006). Organizational climate mediates the effect of culture on work attitudes and turnover. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research,33(3), 289-301.

Aarons, G. A. (2006). Transformational and transactional leadership: Association with attitudes toward evidence-based practice in mental health services. Psychiatric Services. 57(8), 1162-1169.


 
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