Research and Publications

Brief Critical Time Intervention, 2003

This randomized trial of 135 veterans with serious mental illness assessed the effectiveness of a brief CTI intervention (B-CTI) in attaining a limited outcome, namely to increase outpatient visits during the first three months after discharge from psychiatric hospital. Funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

FINDINGS:

• The B-CTI group had greater continuity of care (i.e., more two-month blocks of at least two outpatient visits) over six months than the control group.
• The B-CTI group had significantly fewer days between their hospital discharge and their first outpatient service than the control group.

Dixon, L., Goldberg, R., Iannone, V., Lucksted, A., Brown, C., Kreyenbuhl, J., Fang, L., Potts, W. (2009) Use of a critical time intervention to promote continuity of care after psychiatric inpatient hospitalization. Psychiatric Services, 60(4), 451-458.