Related Experiment Video
Updated: Sep 1, 2025

The Adventures of Fundi Intervention Based on the Cognitive and Emotional Processing in Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder Patients
Published on: June 12, 2020
Outcomes of a Quality Improvement Project: Screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences in Medication-Assisted
Justin D Pykare1, Louise H Knox2
1Kent State University & ONE Health Ohio, Youngstown, OH jpykare1@kent.edu.
Background:
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traumatic childhood events that alter biopsychological markers of the human body, causing significant damaging lifelong effects and increasing health risk behavior, including substance use disorder (SUD).
Objective:
This project evaluated an ACE screening tool in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) patients at a federally qualified healthcare center (FQHC) via a handheld patient tablet.
Methods:
All MAT patients received the 10-question Kaiser Permanente ACE screening tool; 192 patients (N) (98 men and 94 women) completed the ACE screening. Age and gender demographics were collected. Pre- and post-ACE screening behavioral health (BH) referral rates were measured utilizing electronic health record (EHR) reports. After 3 months, post-ACE screening BH referral rates were compared to pre-ACE screening rates from the same 3 months of the previous year.
Results:
Post-ACE screening increased BH referrals by 29.76%, a statistically significant finding (z < .00001).
Conclusion:
Screening for ACEs in MAT clinics is an effective trauma-informed intervention to increase BH referrals.
Implications For Nursing:
Using technology to incorporate ACE screening in MAT is feasible and provides a deeper understanding of a patient's mental health and trauma history.
Related Concept Videos
Drug Therapy
Antianxiety Medications
Modeling in Therapy
Participant Modeling
Participant modeling involves therapists demonstrating calm and effective behaviors in...
Community Based Intervention
Foundations of Community Mental Health Programs
Central to the success of community-based interventions is the...
Pharmacovigilance
This process, termed pharmacovigilance, aims to detect, evaluate, and minimize harmful effects related to medication use. The data collection for pharmacovigilance depends on spontaneous reporting systems, where healthcare professionals or patients voluntarily report suspected ADRs.
In some cases, there...
Operant Conditioning Intervention
In operant conditioning, behaviors that are...
Types of Biopharmaceutical Studies: Controlled and Non-Controlled Approaches
Non-controlled studies, commonly employed for initial exploration, lack a control group, rendering them susceptible to biases and external influences. In contrast,...

