NRI's Ted‌ ‌Lutterman‌ ‌on‌ ‌How‌ ‌Comprehensive‌ ‌Crisis‌ ‌Services‌ ‌Registries‌ ‌Are‌ ‌a ‌Vital‌ ‌Part‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌Crisis‌ ‌Continuum‌

People in psychiatric crisis are often stuck in emergency rooms for hours or days waiting for placement, says Ted Lutterman, senior director of government and commercial research at  NRI. In other cases, there’s nowhere for them to go. Or worse, there are openings but no systemized way to find out where. The answer, says Lutterman, is a robust crisis continuum and a real-time comprehensive crisis services registry that helps match people to the appropriate level of services they need when they need them. Read more.
 

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NRI and NAMHPD Work with National Data Coordinating Center for the Launch of Early Psychosis Intervention Network (EPINET)

By: David L. Shern, Ph.D. NASMHPD Senior Public Health Advisor; and Steven Adelsheim, MD, DFAACAP, DFAPA, Director, Stanford Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) launched the Early Psychosis Intervention Network (EPINET), a national learning health care system that links early psychosis clinics through standard clinical measures, uniform data collection methods, data sharing agreements, and integration of client-level data across service users and clinics. The EPINET initiative includes 8 Regional Hubs, 101 early psychosis clinics across 16 states, and the EPINET National Data Coordinating Center (ENDCC). The ENDCC is operated by Westat, and serves as the primary coordinator for EPINET activities across the Regional Hubs and early psychosis clinics. Read the full announcement.

For more information, including a list of all participating hubs and clinics, visit the ENDCC website at www.nationalepinet.org.