Addressing Early Psychosis Needs in Rural America:
What We’ve Learned from States in the Rural Early Psychosis Learning Collaborative
- Maria Monroe-DeVita, Ph.D. – SPIRIT Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington
- David Shern, Ph.D. – NASMHPD
- Nicolas J. K. Breitborde, Ph.D., ABPP – Early Psychosis Intervention Center (EPICENTER), Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, The Ohio State University
- Piper Meyer-Kalos, Ph.D. – Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota
This webinar, originally on Friday, August 22nd, summarized rural early psychosis care models and implementation approaches gleaned from the two-year Rural Early Psychosis Learning Collaborative. This group had representation from over 20 states and national collaborators from NASMHPD, NASMHPD Research Institute (NRI), and the Psychosis-Risk and Early Psychosis Program Network (PEPPNET).
Topics included:
- Common approaches to identifying local needs related to early psychosis care
- Engagement and education of collaborating and adjacent service systems
- Coordinated specialty care (CSC) adaptations, including hub-and-spoke models and expanded admission criteria;
- Financing approaches; and
- Two state spotlights: Ohio’s and Minnesota’s approaches to addressing rural early psychosis needs