Innovations
Care Coordinators Support Individuals With Severe Mental Illness, Leading to Improved Quality of Life and Lower Costs 2/6/2013
The seven-county New York Care Coordination Program offers comprehensive care coordination for individuals with severe mental illness through assessment, individualized goal setting, and access to social programs, leading to improved quality of life and coping skills, fewer emergency department visits and inpatient days, and lower costs.
Exercise and Nutrition Program Helps Individuals With Serious Mental Illness Develop Healthier Lifestyles, Improve Fitness and Mental Well-Being 1/23/2013
A motivational health promotion and physical fitness program for adults with serious mental illnesses produced meaningful improvements in physical fitness and mental well-being.
Mental Health Clinic Proactively Identifies and Treats Those at High Risk of Schizophrenia, Leading to Anecdotal Reports of Improved Outcomes 8/1/2012
A research clinic proactively identifies those with early warning signs of schizophrenia, leading to more effective treatment.
Early Identification and Intervention Leads to Lower-Than-Expected Rates of Schizophrenia for At-Risk Adolescents 6/20/2012
The Portland Identification and Early Referral program encourages community members to identify and refer adolescents with early warning signs of psychosis and then intervenes with counseling and medical therapy before the onset of full-syndrome psychosis.
QualityTools
Care Coordination Forms 1/30/2013
This site provides downloadable forms for care coordinators of individuals with severe mental illness.
Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project: Screening Tools 2/8/2012
The Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project (MCPAP) is a system of regional children's mental health consultation teams designed to help primary care providers (PCPs) meet the needs of children with psychiatric problems.
Patterns of Usual Care for Schizophrenia: Initial Results from the Schizophrenia Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT) Client Survey 5/19/2008
This study examines conformance of current patterns of usual care for persons with schizophrenia with the Schizophrenia Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT) treatment recommendations.
At Issue: Translating Research Into Practice. The Schizophrenia Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT) Treatment Recommendations 4/14/2008
This tool presents recommendations for the treatment of schizophrenia developed by the Schizophrenia Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT). Based on exhaustive reviews of the treatment outcomes literature, the recommendations focus on treatments for which there is substantial evidence of efficacy.
