Person-centered care planning and service engagement: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Service disengagement is a pervasive challenge the mental health care system faces. Mental health services are of little value should persons with mental illnesses continue to opt out of receiving them. Consumers attribute disengagement from care to an absence of choice in their treatment. In response, the mental health system is adopting a person-centered model, based upon recovery principles, to engage consumers more actively in their care. Person-centered care planning is a promising practice involving collaboration to develop and implement an actionable plan to assist the person in achieving personal recovery goals.

Methods/design

This study design combines a parallel-group randomized controlled trial of community mental health organizations with qualitative m

SUBMITTER: Stanhope V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4409728 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature