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Addendum: 24th NIMH Mental Health Services Research Conference

Date

August 1–2, 2018

Location

North Bethesda, MD

Sponsor(s): NIMH Services Research and Clinical Epidemiology Branch

In August 2018, the Services Research and Clinical Epidemiology Branch, part of the NIMH Division of Services and Intervention Research (DSIR), hosted the 24th NIMH Mental Health Services Research (MHSR) Conference. The MHSR is one of the nation’s premier mental health services research conferences and promotes areas of high priority for services research and identifies opportunities that have the potential for significant impact on the health and well-being of people with mental disorders.

The following sessions were webcast during the conference and are now available online. Click a session title to watch the video or visit the NIMH Mental Health Services Research Conference 2018 Playlist  on YouTube.

Agenda - Day 1

Opening Plenary: NIMH Welcome  

  • Michael C. Freed, Ph.D., EMT-B, Chief, Services Research and Clinical Epidemiology Branch, NIMH
  • Denise Juliano-Bult, M.S.W., Chief, Systems Research and Disparities in Mental Health Services
    Research Programs, NIMH
  • Joshua Gordon, M.D., Ph.D., Director, National Institute of Mental Health

Keynote Address

Keynote Introduction: Michael Compton, M.D., M.P.H., Medical Director for Adult Services at
the New York State Office of Mental Health and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the Columbia
University College of Physicians & Surgeons

Keynote: Ending the Criminalization of Mental Illness
Judge Steve Leifman, J.D., Administrative Judge for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida

Symposium 1: An Evidence-Based Approach to Mitigate Suicide Risk in Adolescents During the Transition from Inpatient to Outpatient Care  

  • NIMH Facilitator: Gretchen Navidi, B.A.
  • Chair: Betsy Kennard, Psy.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • Discussant: David A. Brent, M.D., University of Pittsburgh
  • Betsy Kennard, Psy.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • Jessica King, Ph.D., Children’s Health, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • Alexandra Moorehead, B.S., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • Lucas Zullo, B.A., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Symposium 2: Assisted Outpatient Treatment in Los Angeles County: Implications for Involuntary Outpatient Services Nationally  

  • NIMH Facilitator: Denise Juliano-Bult, M.S.W.
  • Chair and Discussant: Erin Kelly, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
  • Sarah Starks, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
  • Ryan Dougherty, M.S.W., University of California, Los Angeles

Panel 1: Financing  

Chair: Agnes Rupp, Ph.D., Services Research and Clinical Epidemiology Branch, NIMH

Develop an Interactive Payment Design Tool for Coordinated Specialty Care
Yuhua Bao, Ph.D., M.A., Weill Cornell Medical College

What Happens When Employers Switch from a "Carve-Out" to a "Carve-In" Model of Managed Behavioral Health? Evaluation of a Natural Experiment
Susan Ettner, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

The Influence of Accountable Care Organizations on Care for Medicaid-Enrolled Children with Behavioral Health Conditions
Marisa Domino, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

ACO Contracts and Collaborative Care: New Evidence from 2017 Survey
Helen Newton, M.P.H., Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice

Evidence of Cost-Effective Public Health Integrated Model for People with Mental Illness
Jie Chen, Ph.D., M.A., University of Maryland

Panel 2: Physical Health  

Chair: Susan Azrin, Ph.D., Services Research and Clinical Epidemiology Branch, NIMH

Effectiveness of Mental Health Based Strategies for Improving Physical Health Care for Adult with SMI
Joshua Breslau, Ph.D., Sc.D., RAND Corporation

Correlates of Physical Activity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness Among Diverse People with SMI
Leopoldo J. Cabassa, Ph.D., M.S.W., Washington University in St. Louis

The Effects of Race/Ethnicity and Cardiometabolic Morbidity on Antipsychotic Overuse Among Publicly Insured Adults
Marcela Horvitz-Lennon, M.D., M.P.H., RAND Corporation

2nd-Generation Antipsychotic Prescribing Among Antipsychotics with Varying Metabolic Risk: Patient Characteristics and Changes Over Time in Prescribing Patterns
Alisa Busch, M.D., M.S., McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Association Networks of Chronic Medical Conditions with Depression in Male and Female Population
Min-hyung Kim, M.D., M.S., Weill Cornell Medical College

The Next Big Thing: Session I  

Visions of the Future of Mental Health Services and Research

Introduction: Michael C. Freed, Ph.D., EMT-B, Chief, Services Research and Clinical Epidemiology Branch, NIMH

Presenters:

  • Hadi Kharrazi, M.D., Ph.D., M.H.I., Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Gregory Simon, M.D., M.P.H, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
  • Marie Smith-East, D.N.P., PMHNP-BC, College of Nursing, University of Central Florida
  • David Mohr, Ph.D., Northwestern University

Symposium 3: Strategies to Address Somatic Health Conditions and Decrease Premature Mortality in Serious Mental Illness  

  • NIMH Facilitator: Susan Azrin, Ph.D.
  • Chair: Beth McGinty, Ph.D., M.S., Johns Hopkins University
  • Discussant: Benjamin Druss, M.D., M.P.H., Emory University
  • Sachini Bandara, M.S., Johns Hopkins University
  • Gail Daumit, M.D., M.H.S., Johns Hopkins University

Symposium 4: Policy Research to Inform More Effective State Children’s Mental Health Systems  

  • NIMH Facilitator: Denny Pintello, Ph.D.
  • Chair: Eric Bruns, Ph.D., University of Washington School of Medicine
  • Discussant: Kimberly Hoagwood, Ph.D., New York University
  • Molly Finnerty, M.D., New York University
  • Mylien Duong, Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle
  • Elizabeth Parker, Ph.D., R.D., University of Maryland
  • Sarah E.C. Walker, Ph.D., University of Washington

Panel 3: Dissemination and Implementation  

Chair: Denise Juliano-Bult, M.S.W., Services Research and Clinical Epidemiology Branch, NIMH

Sustainability of an EBP in Community Mental Health Settings Serving Children
Sarah Horwitz, Ph.D., New York University School of Medicine

Information Brokerage between K-12 Educators and Mental Health Services Researchers
Jennifer Watling Neal, Ph.D., M.A., Michigan State University

Effects of Community Engagement and Planning vs. Resources for Services, and of Social Determinants, on Clinical and Community-Defined Remission Outcomes in Depression: Findings from Community Partners in Care
Kenneth Wells, M.D., M.P.H., University of California, Los Angeles
Pluscedia Williams, Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, California

Strengthening Mental Health Capacity in Community-Based Organizations: Formative Qualitative Research from a Baltimore Community-Academic Partnership
William S. Garrett, M.P.H., Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health

The Clinician Crowdsourcing Challenge: Designing Incentive-Oriented Implementation Strategies in Behavioral Health through Participatory Design
Rebecca Stewart, Ph.D., M.A., University of Pennsylvania

Panel 4: Learning Mental Health Care System  

Chair: Gretchen Navidi, B.A., Division of Services and Intervention Research, NIMH

Supervision Effect on Turnover via Turnover Intention Among Mental Health Providers
Sadaaki Fukui, Ph.D., Indiana University

Perceived Barriers & Facilitators to Use of Trauma Narratives: Theory-based Belief Elicitations
Hannah Frank, M.A., Temple University

Therapist Fidelity to Engage vs. PST for Late-Life Depression: Time to Competence and Skill Drift
Patrick Raue, Ph.D., University of Washington School of Medicine

Who is Most Vulnerable? Relationships between Psychosocial Issues and Imminent Risk of Suicide Among Crisis Text Line Users with Histories of Suicidality
Hannah Szlyk, Ph.D., M.S.S.W., The Brown School at Washington University

Symposium 5: Identifying Gaps and Policy Levers in Mental Health Care Access Using Large Datasets  

  • NIMH Facilitator: Agnes Rupp, Ph.D.
  • Chair: Vicki Fung, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School
  • Discussant: Samuel Zuvekas, Ph.D., Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  • Michael Flores, Ph.D., M.P.H., Harvard Medical School
  • Nicholas Carson, M.D., FRCPC, Cambridge Hospital
  • Nicole Benson, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital

Panel 5: Detection and Prevention  

Chair: Denny Pintello, Ph.D., Services Research and Clinical Epidemiology Branch, NIMH

Updated Report on Outcomes and Predictors in OnTrackNY, a Coordinated Specialty Care Program for Early Psychosis
Ilana Nossel, M.D., New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University

Electronic Self-Report Screening of Psychotic Symptoms to Reduce Duration of Untreated Psychosis
Tara Niendam, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco

Adapting Family Navigation for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Outcomes
Sarabeth Broder-Fingert, M.D., M.P.H., M.A., Boston University School of Medicine

Leveraging Pediatric Primary Care Systems to Address Disparities in Autism Diagnosis and Engagement in Services: Implementation of a Family Navigation Intervention
Emily Feinberg, Sc.D., M.Sc., M.S.N., C.P.N.P., Boston University School of Public Health

How are Screening Tools “Realized in Practice?”: Examining the Sociomateriality of Parent-reported and Observational Screening Tools for Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Clinical Encounter
Thomas Mackie, Ph.D., M.P.H., Rutgers School of Public Health

Panel 6: Disparities in Service Needs and Use  

Chair: Denise Juliano-Bult, M.S.W., Services Research and Clinical Epidemiology Branch, NIMH

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Psychiatric Emergencies Among Youth following Rapid Expansion of Federally Qualified Health Centers
Tim Bruckner, Ph.D., M.P.H., University of California, Irvine

Implementation of a Culturally-Competent iOS Application Improves Suicide Risk Assessment and Response Among a High-risk Population
Lori Holleran, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S., M.A., Veteran’s Administration San Francisco

Sex and Ethnic/Racial Differences in Help-Seeking by Adults with DSM-5-defined Eating Disorders in a Nationally Representative Sample
Tomoko Udo, Ph.D., M.S., State University of New York, University at Albany

Sociodemographic Characteristics Associated with Symptom Severity in a Community Mental Health Study
Briana Last, M.A., University of Pennsylvania

Trends and Characteristics of Psychiatric Emergency Department Visits Among Youth and Young Adults in the U.S.
Luther Kalb, Ph.D., M.H.S., Johns Hopkins University

Panel 7: Care Delivery  

Chair: Michael C. Freed, Ph.D., EMT-B, Chief, Services Research and Clinical Epidemiology Branch, NIMH

Examining the Delivery of Person-Centered Care within Community Mental Health Programs
Victoria Stanhope, Ph.D., M.S.W., M.A., New York University

The Association between Changes in Community Mental Health Service Availability and Suicide Mortality in the U.S., 2014-2016
Pei-yin Hung, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., Yale School of Public Health

Piloting Online Decision Support for Individuals Completing Depression Screening with Mental Health America
Paul Barr, Ph.D., M.Sc., Dartmouth College

Building a City-Wide Child Trauma Behavioral Health System in Philadelphia: Naturalistic Client Outcomes
Brittany Rudd, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Using EHRs to Characterize Prescription Patterns: Focus on Antidepressants in Non-Psychiatric Outpatient Settings
Joseph Deferio, M.P.H., Weill Cornell School of Medicine


Agenda - Day 2

Welcome from NIMH  

Joel Sherill, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Division of Services and Intervention Research, NIMH

Welcome and Remarks from the Conference Co-Chairs

  • Michael Compton, M.D., M.P.H., Medical Director for Adult Services at the New York State Office
    of Mental Health and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Rinad Beidas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania and Director, Implementation Research, Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research

Inaugural Wayne Katon Memorial Lecture

Introduction: Michael C. Freed, Ph.D., EMT-B, Chief, Services Research and Clinical Epidemiology Branch, NIMH

Translating Research into Practice: The Case for Collaborative Care
Jürgen Unützer, M.D., M.P.H., M.A., Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, University of Washington

The Next Big Thing: Session II  

Introduction:
Rinad Beidas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania and Director, Implementation Research, Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research

Presenters:

  • Kimberly Hoagwood, Ph.D., New York University Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Erin Kelly, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
  • John Cahill, Ph.D., Yale University
  • Gail Daumit, M.D., M.H.S., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Speaker and Discussant: Kamilah Jackson, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Child and Adolescent Services at Community Behavioral Health and the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services, City of Philadelphia

Symposium 6: Preliminary Findings of the Mental Health Block Grant (MHBG) Ten Percent Set Aside National Evaluation (Coordinated Specialty Care)  

  • NIMH Facilitator: Susan Azrin, Ph.D.
  • Chair: Abram Rosenblatt, Ph.D., Westat
  • Discussant: Lisa B. Dixon, M.D., Columbia University
  • Valerie Noel, Ph.D., Westat
  • Preethy George, Ph.D., Westat

Symposium 7: Population-Based Identification and Outreach for New-Onset Psychotic Symptoms  

  • NIMH Facilitator: Gretchen Navidi, B.A.
  • Chair and Discussant: Gregory Simon, M.D., M.P.H., Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
  • Arne Beck, Ph.D., Kaiser Permanente
  • Jennifer Boggs, M.S.W., Kaiser Permanente
  • Bobbi Jo Yarborough, Psy.D., Kaiser Permanente

Symposium 8: Disclosure of Serious Mental Illness in the Workplace  

  • NIMH Facilitator: Michael C. Freed, Ph.D.
  • Chairs: Marjorie Baldwin, Ph.D., M.A., Arizona State University; Steven Marcus, Ph.D., M.A., University of Pennsylvania
  • Discussant: Rinad Beidas, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
  • Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, Cornell University
  • Anne Hirsh, M.S., West Virginia University
  • Nev Jones, Ph.D., M.A., M.A., University of South Florida
  • Marjorie L. Baldwin, Ph.D., M.A., Arizona State University

Panel 8: Community Supports and Integration  

Chair: Denise Juliano-Bult, M.S.W., Services Research and Clinical Epidemiology Branch, NIMH

Preliminary Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Job Interview Training Technology
Matthew Smith, Ph.D., M.S.W., M.P.E., LCSW, University of Michigan

Entrepreneurship as a Pathway to Improved Employment for Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities
Laysha Ostrow, Ph.D., M.P.P., Live & Learn, Inc.

Supported Education and Employment Among People with Early Psychosis
Jennifer Humensky, Ph.D., Columbia University

Tiny Homes are Huge for People with Serious Mental Illnesses
Amy Blank Wilson, Ph.D., M.S.W., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The Rationality of Reliance on Services: Rethinking Community Integration and Therapeutic Termination in Mental Health Services
Ryan Dougherty, M.S.W., University of California, Los Angeles

Symposium 9: Impact of a Statewide Value-Based Hospital Payments System on the Performance of the Psychiatric Safety Net  

  • NIMH Facilitator: Agnes Rupp, Ph.D.
  • Chair: Eric Slade. Ph.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine
  • Discussant: Jennifer Humensky, Ph.D., Columbia University
  • John W. Jackson, Sc.D., Johns Hopkins University
  • Alene Kennedy-Hendricks, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
  • Eric Slade, Ph.D., University of Maryland

Symposium 10: A Learning Health Care System for Suicide Prevention, NIMH Mental Health Research Network  

  • NIMH Facilitator: Michael C. Freed, Ph.D.
  • Chair and Discussant: Gregory Simon, M.D., M.P.H., Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
  • Julie Richards, M.P.H., Kaiser Permanente
  • Rebecca Rossom, M.D., M.S., Kaiser Permanente
  • Jennifer Boggs, M.S.W., Kaiser Permanente
  • Shari Jager-Hyman, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
  • Brian Ahmedani, Ph.D., Henry Ford Health System

Panel 9: Dissemination and Implementation  

Chair: Denny Pintello, Ph.D., Services Research and Clinical Epidemiology Branch, NIMH

Predictors of Antipsychotic Drug Diffusion Among U.S. Practices Treating Medicare Beneficiaries: A Retrospective Study from 2008 to 2016
Haiden Huskamp, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School

A 6-month, Prospective, RCT of Customized Adherence Enhancement vs. Bipolar-Specific Educational Control in Poorly-Adherent Individuals with Bipolar Disorder
Martha Sajatovic, M.D., Case Western Reserve University

State Legislators’ Behavioral Health Research-Seeking Practices and Dissemination Preferences: Variations by Political Party
Katherine Nelson, M.P.H., Drexel University

Pilot Study of a Tailored Practice Facilitation Strategy to Improve Primary Care Provider Management of Mental Illness within a Team-Based Model
Danielle Loeb, M.D., University of Colorado School of Medicine

Longitudinal Remote Consultation for Implementation of Perinatal Collaborative Care
Amritha Bhat, M.D., M.P.H., University of Washington

Panel 10: Technology  

Chair: Gretchen Navidi, B.A., Division of Services and Intervention Research, NIMH

Child Mental Health Telephone Consultation in Primary Care: Does It Improve Mental Health Care for Children?
Bradley Stein, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., RAND Corporation

A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Population-Based Approach to Prevent Adolescent Depressive Episodes in Primary Care using a Technology-Based Behavioral Vaccine (PATH Study): 12 Month Outcomes
Benjamin Van Voorhees, M.D., M.P.H., University of Illinois College of Medicine

Development of an Electronic Health Record Registry Tool to Support Implementation of Collaborative Care for Perinatal Depression
Ian Bennett, M.D., Ph.D., University of Washington

Preventing Incident Depression in those with Insomnia: The Role of Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Philip Cheng, Ph.D., Henry Ford Health System

Adaptation and Implementation of Internet Based ICBT for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Sweden to New York
Sapana Patel, Ph.D., The New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University

For additional information about this conference, please see the Meeting Summary.