About the Center
Our Mission
The mission of the Center for Evidence-Based Behavioral Health (CEBBH) is to enhance access to evidence-based behavioral health care for youth, adults, and families.
Our Vision
Our vision is to be a catalyst for a future where evidence-based behavioral health care is accessible to all, empowering individuals, families, and communities to thrive. Through cutting-edge research, innovative solutions, and a strengthened workforce, we strive to transform behavioral health systems and eliminate barriers, ensuring lasting, positive outcomes for those in need.
Our Work
Research
We conduct rigorous research that covers the entire continuum of intervention development—from design and testing to real-world implementation. We engage community partners in all our work to ensure that it meets the needs of those who will ultimately receive intervention services.
Our work aims to answer questions like:
- What influences the effectiveness of interventions?
- How do interventions work?
- With whom do interventions work best?
- What barriers affect access to these interventions in community settings?
- What are the optimal approaches to implementing interventions in community settings?
- How can we develop and adapt interventions to fit diverse settings (e.g., primary care, schools, community mental health centers, etc.) and populations (youth and families, adults, older adults, medical populations, veterans, etc.)?
- How can we develop and adapt practices to support workforce well-being (e.g., within corporations, school and universities, community mental health centers, etc.)?
We use novel methods to inform, optimize, deliver, implement, and assess evidence-based interventions and practices, including via the integration of technology, natural language processing, and artificial intelligence.
Behavioral Health Workforce Training
To increase reach of evidence-based treatments and practices, our trainings engage clinical (e.g., Clinical Psychologists, LPCs, LICSWs, MFTs, PMHNPs, Psychiatrists, etc.) and non-clinical (e.g., QMHPs, peer specialists, case managers, etc.) behavioral health professionals across multiple disciplines and settings. We provide innovative, high-quality, and cost-effective training and consultation, evaluate these services via program evaluation, and offer implementation support services to strengthen and grow the behavioral health workforce in Virginia and beyond.
Our People
We bring together faculty from multiple disciplines with expertise than span all aspects of our work and community partners to achieve the mission of the CEBBH. CEBBH is made up of a multi-disciplinary group of 20 faculty from multiple colleges and departments across George Mason University. This includes the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (Clinical Psychology, Applied Developmental Psychology, Industrial Organizational Psychology, Integrative Studies), College of Public Health (Health Administration and Policy, Global and Community Health, School of Nursing), the College of Education and Human Development (Kinesiology, Athletic Training), and the College of Engineering and Computing (Information Sciences and Technology). CEBBH faculty members hold expertise in diverse areas related to our mission. Some examples of these areas of expertise include:
- Intervention development and adaptation
- Clinical trials research
- Implementation science
- Developmental science
- Community-engaged research
- Culturally responsive clinical care
- Measurement-based care
- Use of technology in care and training
- Stepped-care behavioral health models
- Organizational development
- Employee well-being
- Injury prevention
- Health adversity (e.g., chronic illness, acquired disability)
- Health psychology
- Patient-provider relationships
- Social networks
- Neuroimaging
- Cardio-vascular and psychophysiological assessment
- Mixed methods research designs
- Artificial intelligence and natural language processing in health applications
- Advanced statistics