Presentation made March 22, 2017, during the live webinar hosted by Schizophrenia Research Forum (SRF). Event recording and additional slides at http://www.schizophreniaforum.org/forums/achieving-effective-treatment-early-psychosis-united-states
SRF Webinar: Beyond DUP - Addressing Disengagement in Community-based Early Intervention - Nev Jones
1. BEYOND DUP: ADDRESSING
DISENGAGMENT IN COMMUNITY-
BASED EARLY INTERVENTION
Nev Jones PhD*
Director, Client Centered Outcomes Research in
Public Mental Health, Felton Institute
Patient Advocate
*nevjonesphd@gmail.com
2. DISENGAGEMENT BEYOND DUP
• Across studies, disengagement rates in EIP services range from 20-50%
• CCOR research suggests that a significant proportion of clients/families disengage very early in treatment (~33% of
those who disengage)**
• Overall 45% disengage, 45% remain engaged until discharge, 10% discharged due to incarceration or
• Strongly linked to sub-optimal outcomes (disengaged clients at 2X risk of discharge w no treatment goals met,
unemployed/not in school, not managing symptoms)
• Proximal Reasons for Disengagement
• 60% of clients who disengaged cited disagreement with diagnosis or clinical interpretation of symptoms and/or disagreement that an EIP service
provided what they needed to meet their needs, did not want to take medications, or did not want to engage in therapy
• Major Predictors:
• Background structural adversity & socioeconomic resources (private versus public insurance, poverty/socioeconomic stressors, family instability)
• Criminal justice and substance use intersections
• Race/ethnicity
• 100% of disengaged families from under-represented ethnic/racial minority groups (African-American, Latino/a, Southeast Asian-American)
• Ethnic/racial minority clients 3 times as likely to disengage as white clients
**Jones et al., under review; in preparation
3. A PATH FORWARD?
• Diverse stakeholder involvement and leadership can help re-set
research and policy agendas:
• Sensitivity/responsiveness to cultural and psychosocial contexts
• Use of Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) in assessment
• Working hand-in-hand with youth/peers to develop trainings and intervention
components able to bridge gaps between staff and young people who reject standard
clinical conceptualizations of their problems
• Current gap between youth/peers interested in influencing policy/research and
opportunities to do so
• Increased attention to the service components that individuals & families value most
• Patient- and family-centered program development and research
• Explicitly re-centering disadvantaged and ethnic/cultural minority perspectives