March 2, 2020
鈥淢ental-Health Researchers Ask: What Is 鈥楻ecovery鈥�?鈥� There are many ways to measure mental distress. But it鈥檚 far harder to predict, or even describe, the improvement that often follows. A thoughtful piece in NY Times last week speaks to the challenges in capturing 鈥� measuring 鈥� someone鈥檚 recovery.聽 There are two primary features of a good …
February 19, 2020
鈥淓nhancing Skills to Succeed with Independent Living鈥� This webinar training meets the Community Support Team (CST) service definition requirement for the聽Basics of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Functional Assessments.聽 A Certificate of Attendance will be sent to only those who have registered for this webinar (i.e., if multiple team members intend to attend together on a single …
January 23, 2020
Lorna Moser, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and director of the Center鈥檚 Institute for Best Practices, is principal investigator for a three-year, nearly $500,000 grant from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation for a national study to look at Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) for individuals with serious mental illness.
January 23, 2020
鈥淲hat Schizophrenia Does to Families鈥� A mother, a son, an unraveling mind 鈥� and a mental health system that can鈥檛 keep up This is an overwhelmingly familiar, sad, discouraging read. It evoked many reactions, including 鈥� a continued fragmented, underfunded, antiquated system of care (day treatment; unregulated group homes). I鈥檓 thankful that, despite the many …
April 1, 2019
Taking Issue Lorna Moser,聽Ph.D., and聽Maria Monroe-DeVita,聽Ph.D. Four decades after its development, assertive community treatment (ACT) continues to be a critical service program within U.S. mental health systems of care. Understanding its availability is essential for adequate coverage of people with serious mental illness who need this comprehensive, high-intensity service. We commend Spivak and colleagues for …
February 28, 2019
鈥淵ou never forget that feeling when you are somebody,鈥� shared an audience member, who also shared some background, while discussing supportive housing and watching Coco鈥檚 story. Amidst a discussion of supportive housing, we showed this video: Sixty team members, spanning positions (COD, employment and peer specialists, QPs, nurses, psychiatrists, therapists, and team leaders) and …
March 7, 2017
鈥淲hat we鈥檙e doing with them comes from what they tell us they want,鈥� VanderZwaag said. 鈥淭he idea is that initially we try to help them identify what are the things they value, what are their goals for the next year and then longer term, and then we try to help them figure out what鈥檚 getting …
November 4, 2016
Come see the Institute Director share her knowledge at the conference. Keynote Presenter:聽 Lorna Moser, PhD, HSPP, is director of the Institute for Best Practices within the University of North Carolina (黑料网) Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health and is a licensed psychologist with specialized training in psychiatric rehabilitation and mental health services research. …
