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- Title
Integrating Evidence-Supported Psychotherapy Principles in Mental Health Case Management: A Capacity-Building Pilot.
- Authors
Ravitz, Paula; Berkhout, Suze; Lawson, Andrea; Kay, Tatjana; Meikle, Susan
- Abstract
<bold>Objectives: </bold>Mental health case managers comprise a large workforce who help patients who struggle with complex mental illnesses and unmet needs with respect to the social determinants of health. This mixed-methods capacity-building pilot examined the feasibility, experiences, and outcomes of training community-based mental health case managers to integrate evidence-based psychotherapy principles into their case conceptualization and management practices.<bold>Methods: </bold>Case-based, once-weekly, group consultations and training in applied therapeutic principles from mentalizing, interpersonal psychotherapy, motivational interviewing, and other evidence-based psychotherapies were provided to case managers over 8 months. A trauma-informed and culturally sensitive approach was emphasized to improve therapeutic alliances and to foster adaptive expertise and an appreciation of individual patient differences.<bold>Results: </bold>Qualitative analyses of focus groups and individualized interviews identified a shift toward being more reflective rather than reactive, with improved empathy, patient engagement, morale, and confidence resulting from the training (N = 16). Self-reported pre-post counseling self-efficacy changes revealed significant improvements overall, driven by improved microskills and an ability to deal with challenging client behaviors (N = 10; P < 0.05).<bold>Conclusions: </bold>This pilot demonstrated that case-based consultations and training of mental health case managers within a community-of-practice in trauma-informed, culturally sensitive application of evidence-supported psychotherapy principles were feasible and acceptable with scalable potential to improve case managers' counseling self-efficacy, reflective capacity, empathy, and morale. Further research in this area is needed with a larger sample, and patient and health systems outcomes.
- Subjects
EVIDENCE-based psychiatry; PSYCHOTHERAPY; MENTAL illness treatment; MIXED methods research; THERAPEUTICS; EMPATHY; MEDICAL case management; PROFESSIONAL practice; PILOT projects; COUNSELING; SOCIAL services case management; MOTIVATIONAL interviewing; EVIDENCE-based medicine; ORGANIZATIONAL change; COMMUNITY mental health service administration; COMMUNITY mental health services
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, Vol 64, Issue 12, p855
- ISSN
0706-7437
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/0706743719877031