# Implementing and Sustaining a Transdiagnostic Sleep and Circadian Treatment to Improve Severe Mental Illness Outcomes in Community Mental Health.

> **NIH NIH R01** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · 2021 · $62,909

## Abstract

Abstract of Diversity Supplement
 Recent efforts have successfully trained providers to deliver evidence-based
treatments (EBTs) in community mental health centers (CMHCs); however, many
CMHCs have not sustained these initiatives. The proposed research is responding to
the urgent calls for empirical investigation on key mechanisms of sustainment in this
context. The Parent R01 seeks to examine if TranS-C, an EBT targeting sleep and
circadian dysfunction in SMI, can be effectively delivered and sustained by community
providers within CMHCs. Providers will be trained using a promising, yet understudied,
mechanism of sustainment: train-the-trainer. Two generations of training will be utilized:
Generation 1, in which UC Berkeley expert trainers train community providers to deliver
TranS-C; and Generation 2, in which a select group of community providers are trained
to train others within their community site. The proposed research supplement will
extend the Parent R01 by empirically evaluating differences between Generation 1 and
Generation 2. We will study a sample of at least 128 providers in Alameda County
CMHCs over the 2-year Implementation period. Considering both the transfer of
learning and social identity theories, we will evaluate differences between Generation 1
and Generation 2 in provider acceptability, appropriateness and feasibility ratings of
TranS-C and provider knowledge using provider post-training evaluations. Additionally,
we will develop a Gold Standard Training Checklist and conduct exploratory analyses to
compare Generation 1 and Generation 2 trainings in the use of gold standard training
elements. This supplement will contribute to the science of sustainment by providing a
deeper understanding of how we can effectively train community providers in an EBT
and sustain its delivery to reach the most underserved members of our communities.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10270507
- **Project number:** 3R01MH120147-02S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
- **Principal Investigator:** Allison G Harvey
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $62,909
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2021-01-01 → 2022-12-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10270507

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10270507, Implementing and Sustaining a Transdiagnostic Sleep and Circadian Treatment to Improve Severe Mental Illness Outcomes in Community Mental Health. (3R01MH120147-02S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10270507. Licensed CC0.

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