title: The Thresholds-Dartmouth partnership and research on shared decision making.
abstract: Thresholds Rehabilitation Centers is one of the largest providers of psychiatric rehabilitation services in the United States, and the Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center is a highly regarded team of rehabilitation researchers. This column describes efforts to build upon the long-standing collaborative relationship between Thresholds (community partner) and Dartmouth (academic partner) to implement and study shared decision making in a community mental health care setting that serves an ethnoracially diverse population. Shared decision making encompasses a client-centered approach in which client and practitioner are equal partners. This joint project incorporates modern information technology, decision science, cultural competence, stakeholder collaboration, outcomes research, and training. The partnership itself provides an exemplar of shared decision making.
authors.affiliation: Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, 2 Whipple Pl., Suite 202, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA. robert.e.drake@dartmouth.edu
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Drake
authors.forename: Sandra M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Wilkniss
authors.forename: Rochelle L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Frounfelker
authors.forename: Rob
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Whitley
authors.forename: Anthony M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Zipple
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: McHugo
authors.forename: Gary R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Bond
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008875:Middle Aged; D010358:Patient Participation; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers; D012106:Research; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult