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Best practices: a program to support shared decision making in an outpatient psychiatric medication clinic.

Authors :
Deegan PE
Rapp C
Holter M
Riefer M
Deegan, Patricia E
Rapp, Charles
Holter, Mark
Riefer, Melody
Source :
Psychiatric Services; Jun2008, Vol. 59 Issue 6, p603-605, 3p
Publication Year :
2008

Abstract

This column presents preliminary findings of an intervention to support shared decision making in psychopharmacology consultation. The waiting area in an urban psychiatric medication clinic was transformed into a peer-run Decision Support Center featuring a user-friendly, Internet-based software program with which clients could create a one-page computer-generated report for use in the medication consultation. The Decision Support Center was used 662 times by 189 unique users from a young-adult and general adult case management team from October 2006 to September 2007. All clients had severe mental disorders. Only ten clients refused to use the intervention at some point during the pilot study. Focus groups with medical staff (N=4), clients (N=16), case managers (N=14), and peer-specialist staff (N=3) reported that the intervention helped to create efficiencies in the consultation and empower clients to become more involved in treatment-related decision making. A randomized controlled trial is currently in process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10752730
Volume :
59
Issue :
6
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Psychiatric Services
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
105777769
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.2008.59.6.603