SESSION ABSTRACT - Community Outreach and Education Efforts of a National Demonstration Project Designed to Prevent the Onset of Severe Mental Illness

This panel discussion will provide an overview of a national replication study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation titled the Early Detection and Intervention for the Prevention of Psychosis Program. The presentation will focus on the community outreach and training efforts designed to increase referrals to the clinical program. Multiple perspectives will be shared including: 1) a description of the program and outreach model from the National Program Office, 2) the experiences and lessons learned from a replication site implementing the outreach and training model, and 3) an evaluation discussion on the relationship between program referrals and specific outreach and training efforts.

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Session Organizer/Session Moderator: Brenda Joly, 207-228-8456, bjoly@usm.maine.edu

Paper Title and Authors:

#1: Community Outreach and Training Efforts Designed to Increase Referrals to a Research Treatment Program: A Model for Replication Across Sites

Authors: Donna Downing, Anita Ruff

#2: Implementing a Community Outreach and Training Model: Facilitating Factors, Barriers and Lessons Learned

Authors: Elizabeth Spring, Karen Milner

#3: An Evaluation of Community Outreach and Training Efforts: Experiences from a National Multi-Site Project.

Authors: Brenda Joly, Kimberly Pukstas, Martha Elbaum Williamson, Prashant Mittal