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Project Type/Research Category: Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects.
Funding Priority: Capacity Building for Rehabilitation Research and Training.
For more information on NIDRR's funding priorities, read about NIDRR's Core Areas of Research at http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/core-area.html.
Building Knowledge and Capacity in the Rehabilitation and Recovery of African-Americans Suffering from Severe Mental Illness: The Dartmouth-Howard Collaboration.
Dartmouth College.
Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center.
2 Whipple Place, Suite 202.
Lebanon, NH 03766.
Principal Investigator: Rob Whitley, PhD; William Lawson, MD, PhD.
Public Contact Phone: 603/448-0263 (Whitley); 202/865-6611 (Lawson).
Fax: 603/448-3976.
Project Number: H133A080063.
Start Date: October 1, 2008.
Length: 60 months.
NIDRR Officer: Shelley Reeves.
NIDRR Funding: FY 08 $354,345; FY 09 $355,566; FY 10 $349,740; FY 11 $353,228; FY 12 $355,891.
Abstract:
The goal of the three projects conducted by this center is to understand the broad service experience of African-Americans in psychiatric rehabilitation. The first project assesses the influence on rehabilitation of living in independent housing units in small, relationship-centered buildings that accommodate other people in recovery from mental illness. Seven of these small communities, each with approximately 120 apartments, are the focus of this project. These are located in and around Washington DC, and are studied longitudinally for three years using focus groups, interviews, and ethnography to assess influence of living in such a building on recovery and community integration. The second project examines the process of rehabilitation for African-Americans with a co-occurring severe mental illness and substance use disorder. Participants are those whose primary substance use is illegal drugs, and who are receiving either (1) dual diagnosis case management; (2) case management plus group therapy; or (3) case management plus contingency management. Participants are followed quantitatively and qualitatively over 18 months to assess how African Americans respond to these treatments, as well as their subjective perception of treatment delivery and impact. The final project is a study of the service experience of African-Americans in supported employment. Participants in six different supported employment programs are assessed quantitatively, for drop-outs, engagement, and missed appointments, and qualitatively through interviews and participant observation to understand the dynamics of the patient-provider interaction. The aim of this research is to assess the cultural competence of such programs, with an eye to building improved models tailored to African-Americans. This research involves a collaboration between Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center and Howard University College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry.
Descriptors: African Americans, Psychiatric disabilities, Service delivery, Substance abuse, Supported employment.
Documents in REHABDATA:
Reducing disparities in mental health care: Suggestions from the Dartmouth-Howard collaboration.
The psychiatric rehabilitation of African Americans with severe mental illness.
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