Therapist efficiency and clinic accessibility with the Mental Health Research Institute brief therapy model.
A health maintenance organization (HMO) mental health clinic used the Mental Research Institute (MRI) brief therapy model to achieve striking therapist efficiency and clinic accessibility. In the two-year period from January 1985 through December 1986, the clinic averaged 834 separate patients per therapist, compared with a regional average of 456 patients. The rate of hospitalization from the clinic catchment area was two thirds that of the region. This article describes the MRI approach as practiced at the clinic and discusses its applicability to community mental health centers and other mental health clinics.
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Department of Psychiatry, Kaiser Permanente Medical Offices, Pleasanton, CA.
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D002140:California; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D004526:Efficiency; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief / Q000379:methods*