Research and Publications

Critical Time Intervention–Task Shifting Study, 2012-2016

This multi-country pilot of an adapted CTI (CTI-TS) in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Santiago in Chile, and Buenos Aires in Argentina is the first RCT of the CTI model in Latin America. CTI-TS includes peer support workers in addition to community mental health workers, which have been used in previously tested versions of CTI. The primary outcomes of this pilot RCT are to improve quality of life and reduce unmet needs. Among the secondary outcomes is to improve the social integration of the participants.
Baumgartner, J.N., Carpinteiro da Silva, T.F., Valencia, E., Susser, E. (2012) Measuring social integration in a pilot randomized controlled trial of Critical Time Intervention-Task Shifting in Latin America. Cadernos Saúde Coletivo, 20(4): 436-439.

De Souza FM, Carvalho MCDA, Valencia E, da Silva TFC, Dahl CM, Cavalcanti MT. (2014) Monitoring of patients within the schizophrenia spectrum: adaptation of “Critical Time Intervention” for the Brazilian context in psychosocial care centers in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Cadernos Saúde Coletiva, 20(4): 427-435. (In Portuguese; only the abstract is in English.)

Minoletti A, Galea S, Susser E. (2012) Community mental health services in Latin America for people with severe mental disorders. Public Health Reviews, 34(2), 1-22.

Stastny P (2012) Introducing peer support work in Latin American mental health services.  Cadernos Saúde Coletiva, 20(4): 473-481.

Susser E (2012). Editorial: The RedeAmericas. Cadernos Saúde Coletiva, 20(4): 403-404.