Publications and Presentations

This listing provides bibliographic information and links to publications and presentations by PBI Network team members.

Publications

DeRoma, V. M., McLaughlin, E. A., McNett, E. K., Ibrahim, R., Narayanan-Pandit, S., Libretto, S., Mehalick, M., Garcia, F., & Skopp, N. (in press). Implementation of evidence-based safety aid reduction group psychotherapy treatment in military health system mental health clinics. Military Medicine.

McLaughlin, E. A., Narayanan-Pandit, S., Libretto, S., DeRoma, V., McNett, E., Ibrahim, R., Kazi, A. K., Mehalick, M., & Edwards-Stewart, A. (2025). Implementation of brief cognitive behavioral therapy for suicide prevention in outpatient military clinics: A Practice-Based Implementation Network pilot. Military Medicine, 190(Suppl 2), 219–226. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usaf148

Larsen, S., Andrews, A., Astin, M., Lamp, K., Lee, J., Melka, S., Shepard, S., & Skopp, N. (2024). Implementation and adaptations of written exposure therapy: Lessons learned across settings. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2024.02.001

Libretto, S., Edwards-Stewart, A., Kazi, A. K., Narayanan-Pandit, S., DeRoma, V. M., McLaughlin, E. A., & Shank, L. M. (2024). Practice-Based Implementation Network: Behavioral health technician optimization pilot lessons learned. Military Medicine, 189(Suppl 3), 665–670. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usae2204

Skopp, N. A., Kaplan, D. A., Todd, B. L., Drell, M. B., & Pratt, K. M. (2023). Pilot outcomes of cognitive processing therapy implementation in military health system outpatient behavioral health clinics. Psychological Services, 20(3), 496–505. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000611

Ruzek, J. I., Landes, S. J., McGee-Vincent, P., Rosen, C. S., Crowley, J., Calhoun, P. S., McGraw, K., Walser, R. D., Smith, J. L., Barry, D. S., Schmidt, J., Simon, E., Runnals, J., Liu, N. H., Shaw, R. K., Zimmerman, L., Nottis, D., Tiet, Q. Q., Juhasz, K. M., & Kirchner, J. E. (2020). Creating a Practice-Based Implementation network: Facilitating practice change across health care systems. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-020-09696-3

Creason, A. H., Ruscio, A. C., Tate, K. E., & McGraw, K. L. (2019). Accelerating psychological health research findings into clinical practice through the Practice-Based Implementation Network model. Military Medicine, 184(Suppl 1), 409–417. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usy298

McGraw, K., Adler, J., Andersen, S., Bailey, S., Bennett, C., Blasko, K., Blatt, A., Greenberg, N., Hodson, S., Pittman, S., Ruscio, A., Stoltenberg, C., Tate, K., & Kuruganti, K. (2019). Mental health care for service members and their families across the globe. Military Medicine, 184(1), 418–425. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usy324

McGraw, K., Gelso, B., Barry, D., Bechowski, M., Tate, K., Houston, J., & Chodacki, J. (2019). The DoD Practice-Based Implementation (PBI) Network: Estimating return on investment. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 20(1), 51–65. https://doi.org/10.1080/1463922X.2018.1479896

Pratt, K. M., Branch, L. Z., & Houston, J. B. (2019). The Practice-Based Implementation (PBI) Network: Technology (Tech) into Care pilot. Translational Behavioral Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibz174

McGraw, K., Blatt, A., & Pittman, D. (2017). Department of Defense (DoD) Practice-Based Implementation (PBI) Network: An optimized framework for provision of behavioral health interventions to the Military Health System (MHS). Implementation Science, 12(Suppl 1), Article S49. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-017-0619-3

Pittman, D., Blatt, A. D., & McGraw, K. (2017). The DoD Practice-Based Implementation Network: Creation and sustainment of an enterprise-wide implementation science initiative for psychological health evidence-based practices. The Military Psychologist, 32(1), 8–19.

Presentations

Cassidy, D. (2025, August). Mobile health adoption: Bridging the implementation chasm [Webinar]. SAMHSA Digital Wellness Webinar.

Narayanan-Pandit, S., Libretto, S., DeRoma, V., McNett, E., McLaughlin, E., Ibrahim, R., & Mehalick, M. (2025, August). A Safety Aid Reduction Treatment for Anxiety and Related Disorders (START) Pilot: Provider perceptions of barriers and facilitators [Conference presentation]. Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS), Kissimmee, FL, United States.

Mehalick, M. (2025, May). SocioTech PBIN Pilot [Webinar]. SAMHSA Digital Wellness Webinar.

Edwards-Stewart, A., Libretto, S., DeRoma, V., Kazi, A. K., McLaughlin, E., Narayanan-Pandit, S., Baker, J. C., & Bryan, C. J. (2023, October 15–18). Brief cognitive behavioral therapy for suicide prevention in the U.S. military health system: An implementation science pilot [Conference presentation]. International Summit on Suicide Research, Barcelona, Spain.

Edwards-Stewart, A., Libretto, S., DeRoma, V. M., Kazi, A. K., McLaughlin, L., Narayanan-Pandit, S., Baker, J. C., & Bryan, C. J. (2023, August). An implementation science pilot of brief cognitive behavior therapy for suicide prevention in the U.S. military [Paper presentation]. Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS), Kissimmee, FL, United States.

McLaughlin, E., DeRoma, V. M., Libretto, S., Kazi, A. K., Narayanan-Pandit, S., & Edwards-Stewart, A. (2023, August). Best practices for research-to-practice translation: Synthesis of lessons from implementation pilots [Paper presentation]. Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS), Kissimmee, FL, United States.

Narayanan-Pandit, S., Kazi, A. K., Libretto, S., Bellanti, D. M., Shank, L., & Edwards-Stewart, A. (2023, August). The Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) Optimization Pilot: Rapid access to evidence-based treatment for service members in the military health system [Paper presentation]. Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS), Kissimmee, FL, United States.

Pratt, K. M., Todd, B. L., Gray, A. D., & Houston, J. B. (2019, September). The Department of Defense practice-based implementation network: Developing a framework for matching implementation strategies to barriers in complex healthcare systems [Conference presentation]. 5th Biennial Conference of the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC), Seattle, WA, United States.

McGraw, K., Blatt, A., & Gray, A. (2017, September). Advancing clinical best practices through implementation science: DoD/VA practice based implementation network and tech into care [Conference presentation]. Defense Center of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) Summit, Silver Spring, MD, United States.

McGraw, K., & Ciula, R. (2017, September). Practice-Based Implementation Network: Facilitating psychological health clinical practice change [Conference presentation]. Society for Implementation Research Conference, Seattle, WA, United States.

McGraw, K., Blatt, A., & McGee-Vincent, P. (2017, August). The DoD and VA Practice-Based Implementation Network: A novel procedure to facilitate rapid translation of psychological health research into clinical practice in the military health and veteran health systems [Conference presentation]. Military Health Research Symposium, Kissimmee, FL, United States.

McGraw, K., Houston, J., McGee-Vincent, P., & Blatt, A. (2017, August). Innovative psychological health practice change dissemination: DoD/VA implementation science efforts [Panel presentation]. APA Division 19 Society for Military Psychology, Washington, DC, United States.

McGraw, K., McCullough, M., Finley, E., & Helfrich, C. (2016, December). Policy topics: Prescription drugs, de-implementation, and military behavioral health [Conference presentation]. 9th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, National Institute of Health, Washington, DC, United States.

Ruzek, J., McGraw, K., & McGee-Vincent, P. (2015, November). US VA/DoD Practice-Based Implementation Network (PBIN): Developmental and operational lessons learned [Conference presentation]. International Society for Study of Traumatic Stress 2015 Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Bullock, H., Lindecrona, F., & McGraw, K. (2015, May). The role of intermediaries in large-scale mental health systems’ transformation [Conference presentation]. Global Implementation Conference, Dublin, Ireland.

Posters

DeRoma, V. M., McLaughlin, E. A., Libretto, S., Narayanan-Pandit, S., Ibrahim, R., McNett, E. K., & Mehalick, M. (2025, August). Facilitators and barriers to implementation of an evidence-based safety-aid reduction group treatment in Military Health System behavioral health clinics: Pilot champion perceptions [Poster presentation]. 2025 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS), Orlando, FL, United States.

DeRoma, V. M., McLaughlin, E. A., Kazi, A. K., Narayanan-Pandit, S., Libretto, S., Ibrahim, R., McNett, E., Edwards-Stewart, A., & Skopp, N. (2024, August). Training and consultative supports used in suicide prevention pilot training for Brief Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Suicide Prevention (BCBT-SP) delivery [Poster presentation]. 2024 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS), Orlando, FL, United States.

Narayanan-Pandit, S., McNett, E. K., McLaughlin, E., Kazi, A. K., DeRoma, V. M., Ibrahim, R., Libretto, S., Edwards-Stewart, A., & Skopp, N. (2024, August). The Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicide Prevention (BCBT-SP) pilot: Acceptability and feasibility of BCBT-SP in military treatment facility clinics [Conference presentation]. 2024 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS), Kissimmee, FL, United States.

Libretto, S., Kazi, A. K., Skopp, N., Bellanti, D., & Edwards-Stewart, A. (2023, August). Implementation of Written Exposure Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder pilot in the Military Health System [Poster presentation]. 2023 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS), Orlando, FL, United States.

Kaplan, D., Drell, M. B., Todd, B. L., & Skopp, N. (2020, August). Strategies and adaptations to promote implementation of a Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) Trauma Specialist (TS) Model in the Military Health System (MHS) [Poster presentation]. Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, United States.

Pratt, K. M., Gray, A. D., & Houston, J. B. (2019, December). Prospective application of the Promoting Action on Research in Health Services (PARIHS) framework to improve behavioral health providers’ use of mobile applications in the Military Health System (MHS) [Conference presentation]. 12th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation, Arlington, VA, United States.

Houston, J., Pratt, K., & Gray, A. (2018, December). Innovative approaches to promote accessibility, adoption, uptake, implementation, sustainability, and scale up of evidence-based practices in behavioral health [Conference presentation]. 11th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation, Arlington, VA, United States.

Blatt, A., Ruscio, A., Serey, R., Tate, K., Gray, A., Cotton, G., & McGraw, K. (2017, December). DoD/VA operational implementation science: Definitive processes to deploy empirically based knowledge solutions to the homefront [Conference presentation]. 126th Annual Meeting of the Society for Federal Health Professionals (AMSUS), National Harbor, MD, United States.

Department of Defense & Veterans Health Administration. (2017, August). The DoD and VA practice-based implementation network: A novel procedure to facilitate rapid translation of psychological health research into clinical practice in the military health and veteran health systems [Conference presentation]. 2017 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS), Orlando, FL, United States.

McGraw, K., Pittman, D., Blatt, A., & Blasko, K. (2017, August). Military issues work group of the international initiative for mental health leadership: Engaging international partners to “listen to the world” [Conference presentation]. 2017 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS), Orlando, FL, United States.

Unpublished Reports

Department of Defense. (2025). DoD/VA Practice-Based Implementation (PBI) Network: Safety Aid Reduction Treatment for Anxiety and Related Disorders (START) pilot – Final report (Unpublished report). Psychological Health Center of Excellence (PHCoE).

Department of Defense. (2023). DoD/VA Practice-Based Implementation (PBI) Network: Behavioral Health Technician Optimization pilot – Final report (Unpublished report). Psychological Health Center of Excellence (PHCoE).

Department of Defense. (2022). DoD/VA Practice-Based Implementation (PBI) Network: Written Exposure Therapy (WET) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) pilot – Final report (Unpublished report). Psychological Health Center of Excellence (PHCoE).

Department of Defense. (2020a). DoD/VA Practice-Based Implementation (PBI) Network: Cognitive Processing Therapy Trained Trauma Specialist (CPT-TS) pilot (Unpublished report). Psychological Health Center of Excellence (PHCoE).

Department of Defense. (2020b). DoD/VA Practice-Based Implementation (PBI) Network: Translating VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines into behavioral health care delivery in the Military Health System: A brief analysis of practice change (Unpublished report). Psychological Health Center of Excellence (PHCoE).

Department of Defense. (2018a). DoD/VA Practice-Based Implementation (PBI) Network: Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicide Prevention pilot – Final report (Unpublished report). Psychological Health Center of Excellence (PHCoE).

Department of Defense. (2018b). DoD/VA Practice-Based Implementation (PBI) Network: Joint Technology (Tech) into Care pilot final report (Unpublished report). Psychological Health Center of Excellence (PHCoE).

Department of Defense. (2016a). Final report: DoD and VA establishment of a practice-based implementation network in mental health (Unpublished report). Deployment Health Clinical Center, Defense Center of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE).

Department of Defense. (2016b). Final report: Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) in the Military Health System (MHS) patient-centered medical home (PCMH) (Unpublished report). Deployment Health Clinical Center, Defense Center of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE).

Department of Defense. (2014). Practice-based implementation network outcome monitoring project: Internal implementation plan for the DoD PBI network management (Unpublished report). Deployment Health Clinical Center, Defense Center of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE).