The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare
The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare

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Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) - Implementation Resources

Scientific Rating: 2
"Supported by Research Evidence"


Pre-implementation Assessments to be given to organizations or providers in order to measure organizational or individual readiness:

  • There are no pre-implementation assessments to evaluate organizational or individual provider readiness.

Implementation Tools for the program (e.g., implementation guides or manuals):

  • There is an adherence manual. The purpose of the adherence manual is to evaluate if the therapist is attempting to follow to basic technique of ISTDP. Please contact Allan Abbass at Allan.Abbass@cdha.nshealth.ca.

Fidelity measures:

  • There are no fidelity measures.