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CTI reduces re-hospitalization risk

A newly published paper by Andrew Tomita of Columbia University and Dan Herman of Hunter College examines the impact CTI in reducing rehospitalization among formerly homeless individuals with severe and persistent mental illness after discharge from inpatient psychiatric treatment.  In a randomized trial with 150 participants, psychiatric rehospitalization at the end of the 18-month followup period was significantly lower

CTI session added at this week’s NAEH conference

There will be an opportunity for providers who are interested in CTI to meet at the National Alliance to End Homelessness  conference in Washington DC on Tuesday, July 17 at 4:30PM.  The session will be an informal one, intended to foster collaboration among providers and answer questions related to the model and its implementation.  The

Family CTI webinar July 12

Our colleagues at the Center for Social Innovation will be offering a free webinar on July 12 from noon to 1PM eastern time that will describe the key elements in delivering CTI to high-risk families and introduce a web-based family CTI course that will be offered this coming fall.  More information and registration details are

Promising results from new UK prison study

A team from the United Kingdom have published results from a pilot randomized trial testing the feasibility of using a brief version of CTI with persons with mental illness following release from prison. Sixty prisoners were randomly assigned to receive either a brief CTI intervention or usual discharge planning services. The study aimed to see

How service settings influence CTI practice

A newly-published study by Fang-Pei Chen of the Columbia University School of Social Work explores the ways in which service setting characteristics influence the implementation and practice of CTI. Results show service structure (e.g., the platform for relationship building, staff to manage housing applications, and organizational policy on substance abuse) and agency services (e.g., existing resources

CTI judged among “top-tier” social programs

The highly regarded Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy has announced that CTI meets the Congressional Top Tier evidence standard as an effective social program.  This standard, identified in recent legislative language, is “well-designed randomized controlled trials [showing] sizeable, sustained effects on important…outcomes.”  The Coalition is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that works closely with key Executive Branch

CTI researchers convene in Buenos Aries

Investigators from four countries gathered on September 22 to describe their current research at a symposium held at the World Congress of Psychiatry in Buenos Aries, Argentina, sponsored by the World Psychiatric Association.  Participants included Dan Herman (US), Ezra Susser (US), Graham Thornicroft (UK), Elie Valencia (Brazil), Judith Wolff (Netherlands).  Thornicroft and colleagues are conducting

Next online training scheduled for February 2012

The Center for Social Innovation, Inc., has announced that the next offering of its intensive, instructor-led online course will run between February 6 and March 26th, 2012.  Bringing together national CTI experts, a team-based learning approach, and engaging multi-media technology, the course provides agencies with the tools needed to implement CTI in their organization.  Download

Latest trial yields positive results

Psychiatric Services has published the findings of the most recent randomized trial of CTI with people with severe mental illness following discharge from psychiatric hospitals. 150 previously homeless men and women with severe mental illness and who were discharged from inpatient psychiatric hospitalization to transitional residences on the hospital grounds were randomly assigned to receive

CTI goes YouTube!

A nice two-minute video produced by the Center for Social Innovation to promote its web-based CTI training course.