title: Public-academic partnerships: early intervention for psychotic disorders in a community mental health center.
abstract: Early intervention may improve long-term outcomes for psychotic illnesses. Early-intervention services in other countries have focused on reducing the duration of untreated illness and adapting interventions for younger patients. This column describes the process of building such a service, called specialized treatment early in psychosis (STEP), at the Connecticut Mental Health Center. This effort is rooted in a long-standing collaborative relationship between the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and Yale. The authors describe the critical contribution of such partnerships in evaluating the cost-effectiveness of early intervention in a "real-world" U.S. setting.
authors.affiliation: Connecticut Mental Health Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA. vinod.srihari@yale.edu
authors.forename: Vinod H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Srihari
authors.forename: Nicholas J K
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Breitborde
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pollard
authors.forename: Cenk
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tek
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hyman
authors.forename: Linda K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Frisman
authors.forename: Thomas H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: McGlashan
authors.forename: Selby
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: Scott W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Woods
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration; D003155:Community Mental Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003237:Connecticut; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D055818:Public-Private Sector Partnerships