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Brief Critical Time Intervention to Reduce Psychiatric Rehospitalization, 2014

A sample of 149 adults with a psychiatric inpatient readmission within 30 days of a prior psychiatric hospitalization was referred to an acute level of service coordination available at six provider organizations implementing B-CTI. These providers operate within the network of Community Care Behavioral Health, a not-for-profit managed care organization operating in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Project Connect, 2009-2010

This quasiexperimental study evaluated the effectiveness of Project Connect, a pilot program with 97 homeless men, who were frequent users of a psychiatric emergency room (CPEP) in New York City. The goal was to engage the men with outpatient treatment and other community supports in order to promote recovery and decrease subsequent use of the CPEP. This was the first CTI program to use peer specialists to deliver the intervention.