As a component of this position, Chorpita worked with a team of scientists to establish a commitment to a shared conceptualization and set of terms and relationships within the field of behavioral science.
The mission of this work is to help set the stage for scientific discovery, evidence retrieval and application (e.g. through clinical knowledge appliances), and automated reasoning.
PracticeWise regularly publishes a report detailing current evidence-based child and adolescent psycho-social interventions for the American Academy of Pediatrics.
[3] Chorpita is the current director of the Child FIRST Program at UCLA, whose work aims to improve the effectiveness of mental health service delivery to children.
Chorpita has published in the area of child and adolescent mental health services, and has authored research pertaining to the evidence-based examination and treatment of childhood anxiety disorders.
[8] Chorpita's research centers around the primary area of Clinical Psychology, with the central aim of advancing the effectiveness of current mental health practice technologies for children and adolescents, through evidence-based approaches.