2024
Last, B.S., Triplett, N.S., McGinty, E.E., Waller, C., Khazanov, G.K., & Beidas, R.S. (2024). The social determinants of resilience: A conceptual framework to integrate psychological and policy research. American Psychologist, 79(8), 1049–1062. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001308
Last, B.S.,+ Jans, L.,+* & Schleider, J.L. (2024). A pilot randomized controlled trial of a single-session intervention to reduce burnout in training psychologists. Behavior Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2024.06.004
Last, B.S. & Crable, E. (2024). Policy recommendations for coordinated and sustainable growth of the behavioral health workforce. Milbank Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0009.12711
Last, B.S.,+ Kiefer, M.,+* Mirhashem, R.,* & Adams, D.R. (2024). Slipping through the cracks: Clinicians’ perspectives on the gaps in New York City’s public mental health system. Community Mental Health Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-024-01333-z
Last, B.S., Beidas, R.S., Hoskins, K., Waller, C. & Khazanov, G.K. (2024). A critical review of nudges in healthcare contexts. Current Opinion in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101856
Last, B.S., Kiefer, M.,* Yang, Y.,* Annur, A.,* Dallard, N., Schaffer, E., & Wolk, C.B. (2024). A mixed methods examination of session planning among public mental health therapists. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-024-09900-8
Wuest, J. & Last, B.S. (2024). Agents of scientific uncertainty: Conflicts over evidence and expertise in gender-affirming care bans for minors. Social Science & Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116533
Last, B.S., Crable, E.L., Khazanov, G.K., Scheinfeld, L.P., McGinty, E.E., & Purtle, J. (2024). Impact of U.S. Federal Loan Repayment Programs on the behavioral health workforce: Scoping review. Psychiatric Service. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230258
Last, B.S., Mirhashem, R., & Yang, Y. (2024). From plan to practice: A qualitative study of public mental health therapists’ session planning practices. Psychological Services. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000840
2023
Bharat, B., Dopp, A., Last, B.S., Howell, G., Nadeem, E., Johnson, C., & Wiltsey-Stirman, S. (2023). De-implementation strategies to end sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts: Undoing a harmful legacy of behavior therapy. The Behavior Therapist, 46(7). Preprint.
Last, B. S., Johnson, C., Dallard, N., Fernandez-Marcote, S., Zinny, A., Jackson, K., Cliggitt, L., Rudd, B. N., Mills, C., & Beidas, R. S. (2023). Implementing trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy in Philadelphia: A 10-year evaluation. Implementation Research and Practice, 4. https://doi.org/10.1177/26334895231199467
2022
Last, B.S. & Wuest, J.W. (2022). Science on trial: Policy disputes over evidence based care for sexual and gender minorities. The Behavior Therapist, 45(8), 285-297. Link
Schriger, S. H., Klein, M. R., Last, B. S., Fernandez-Marcote, S., Dallard, N., Jones, B., & Beidas, R. S. (2022). Community mental health clinicians’ perspectives on telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic: Mixed methods study. JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, 5(1), e29250. https://doi.org/10.2196/29250
Last, B.S., Schriger, S.H., Becker-Haimes, E.M., Fernandez-Marcote, S., Dallard, N., Jones, B., Beidas, R.S. (2022). Economic precarity, financial strain, and job-related stress among Philadelphia’s public mental health clinicians. Psychiatric Services, 73(7), 774-786. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100276
2021
Frank, H.E., Last, B.S., AlRabiah, R., Rudd, B.N., Kratz, H.E., Harker, C., Fernandez-Marcote, S., Comeau, C., Shoyinka, S., & Beidas, R.S. (2021). Understanding therapists’ perceived determinants of trauma narrative use. Implementation Science Communications, 2, 131. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-021-00231-9
Last, B.S., Buttenheim, A.M., Futterer, A.C., Livesey, C., Jaeger, J., Stewart, R.E., Reilly, M., Press, M.J., Peifer, M., Wolk, C.B., Beidas, R.S. (2021). A pilot study of participatory and rapid implementation approaches to increase depression screening in primary care. BMC Family Practice, 22(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-021-01550-5
Last, B.S., Buttenheim, A.M., Timon, C.E., Mitra, N., Beidas, R.S. (2021). Systematic review of clinician-directed nudges in healthcare contexts. BMJ Open, 11(7), e048801. http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-048801
Wolk, C.B.,* Last, B.S.,* Livesey, C., Oquendo, M.A., Press, M.J., Mandell, D.S., Ingram, E., Futterer, A.C., Kinkler, G.P., Oslin, D.W. (2021). Addressing common challenges in the implementation of Collaborative Care for mental health: The Penn Integrated Care program. Annals of Family Medicine, 19(2), 148-156. https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2651
Last. B.S., Schriger, S.H., Timon, C.E., Frank, H.E., Buttenheim, A.M., Rudd, B.N., Fernandez-Marcote, S., Comeau, C., Shoyinka, S., & Beidas, R.S. (2021). Using behavioral insights to design implementation strategies in public mental health settings: a qualitative study of clinical decision-making. Implementation Science Communications, 2(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-020-00105-6
2020
Stewart, R. E., Beidas, R. S., Last, B. S., Hoskins, K., Byeon, Y. V., Williams, N. J., & Buttenheim, A. M. (2020). Applying NUDGE to inform design of EBP implementation strategies in community mental health settings. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 48(1), 131–142. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-020-01052-z
Last, B.S., Rudd, B.N., Gregor, C.A., Kratz, H.E., Jackson, K., Berkowitz, S., Zinny, A., Cliggitt, L.P., Adams, D.R., Walsh, L.M., & Beidas, R.S. (2020). Sociodemographic characteristics of youth in a trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy effectiveness trial in the city of Philadelphia. Journal of Community Psychology, 48(4), 1273-1293. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22306
Becker-Haimes, E. M., Tabachnick, A. R., Last, B. S., Stewart, R. E., Hasan-Granier, A., & Beidas, R. S. (2020). Evidence base update for brief, free, and accessible youth mental health measures. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 49(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2019.1689824