Manuela Silva, psychiatrist and researcher at the Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health, won the 2nd edition of the FLAD Science Award Mental Health of the Luso-American Development Foundation. The research project, “Effectiveness of the Critical Time Intervention-Task Shifting (CTI- TS) model for persons with serious mental illness discharged from inpatient psychiatric treatment facilities in Portugal”, is the winner of €300.000, the highest award in the area of Mental Health in Portugal.
The project will conduct a randomized, controlled trial in three psychiatric services in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area to evaluate the effectiveness, feasibility and implementation of the CTI-TS model, a recovery-oriented based model including peer support workers, for people with severe mental illness in the post-hospitalization period.
The participants allocated to the intervention group will receive the support of a pair of paid workers over a 9-month period to identify barriers to their recovery and to develop a sustainable plan to engage in and use community supports and resources during and after CTI-TS.
This project was conceived to enhance continuity of care in the period following hospital discharge, a high risk period of of treatment dropout, with the broader objective of strengthening community care and promoting recovery and human rights.
Cookie | Duration | Description |
---|---|---|
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | 11 months | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". |
viewed_cookie_policy | 11 months | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |