Publications by authors named "M S Guyer"
Aim: Early interventions are well understood to improve psychosis outcomes, but their successful implementation remains limited. This article introduces a three-step roadmap for advancing the implementation of evidence-based practices to operate as a learning health system, which can be applied to early interventions for psychosis and is intended for an audience that is relatively new to systematic approaches to implementation.
Methods: The roadmap is grounded in implementation science, which specializes in methods to promote routine use of evidence-based innovations.
Article Synopsis
- Health literacy research highlights the high literacy demands faced by individuals with serious mental illness (SMI), suggesting that addressing these issues can alleviate challenges in mental health settings.
- An organizational health literacy assessment at a mental health shelter used various tools to evaluate the literacy environment and a common document, revealing that the demands exceeded the reading skills of people with SMI.
- Findings showed barriers like unclear signage and complicated documents, indicating a significant gap between the system's requirements and the literacy skills of SMI individuals, emphasizing the importance of tailored health literacy assessments.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: Successful delivery of care to individuals with early psychosis depends on the ability of community providers to identify and refer appropriate candidates for services. Although specialty centres commonly rely upon education and outreach campaigns to building bridges with community providers, few studies have examined the effectiveness of these campaigns or the mechanisms by which they may achieve their intended effects.
Methods: We surveyed community clinicians (N = 39) about their screening behaviours, referral practices, and confidence in managing early psychosis just before and 3-6 months after attending an educational event designed to promote recognition and quality treatment of early psychosis.