The Yale School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce the winners of its third annual Clinical Innovation in Psychiatry (CIIP) Awards.
First Place: The Citizenship Intervention / Dr. Michael Rowe
- The goal of the Citizenship Intervention is to enhance the community integration of persons with mental illnesses and criminal justice charges. Attention to participation, connectedness, and integration for persons with mental illness are cornerstones of recovery-oriented systems of care in the U.S. Citizenship complements individual recovery by focusing on the social elements required to achieve full membership in democratic society. The Citizenship Intervention, then, offers a promising approach to community integration and improved clinical outcomes for persons with severe mental illness and criminal justice histories.
Second Place: Advisor-Teller Money Manager / Dr. Marc I. Rosen
- Advisor-Teller Money Manager (ATM) is a money management-based treatment for substance use disorders. The goal of ATM is to foster abstinence. It is designed primarily for people who use illicit drugs and receive disability payments (SSI and/or SSDI) for a comorbid condition.
The Department's Clinical Coordinating Group solicited nominations through July 2012. A panel of five prominent outside reviewers ranked submissions on innovation, demonstrated effectiveness, and significance for the field.
The first and second placed programs will be the subjects of a special Grand Rounds presentation on Friday, October 26th at 10:15 am in the Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC) Auditorium.
The Department would like to congratulate the members of these two programs and express its gratitude to the Clinical Coordinating Group for leading this effort to highlight and celebrate innovative achievements in clinical practice. The group, made up of institution chiefs and clinical directors, includes Michael Hoge, PhD; Sabina Lim, MPH, MD; Debbie Pearlman; Ismene Petrakis, MD; Mary Ellen Savage, MD; Michael Sernyak, MD; Lorraine Siggins, MD; William H. Sledge, MD (Chair); and Jeanne Steiner, DO.
For more information: Clinical Innovations in Psychiatry