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16th Annual Conference
On State Mental Health Agency Services Research,
Program Evaluation and Policy

Research To Inform the System Transformation Process
February 12-14, 2006
Renaissance Harbor Place Hotel
Baltimore, MD

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Sunday
Poster Session / Reception
Monday
Tuesday

Sunday February 12, 2006
1:00 - 2:15 p.m. Evaluating Transformation and Systems Change
Vijay Ganju, Ph.D.; H. Stephen Leff, Ph.D.
Vijay Ganju's Presentation (PDF, 167 KB)
Stephen Leff's Presentation (PDF, 172 KB)
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Developing the Next Generation Of Toolkits: Overview and Feedback
Vijay Ganju, Ph.D.; Jacqueline Yannacci, M.P.P., and Lynn Aronson, M.S.
Presentation (PDF, 138 KB)
Screening, Assessing and Treating the Mental Health Issues of Children within the Child Welfare System

Betty A. Walton, M.S.W., ABD; Eric Wrigth, Ph.D.; Anthony H. Lawson
Abstract (PDF, 25 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 441 KB)
Assisted Outpatient Treatment as a Mechanism of Enhancing Treatment Engagement in New York State
Steve Huz, Ph.D.; Anthony Mancini, Ph.D.; Chip Felton, M.S.W.; Jacob Stowell, Ph.D.; Bruce Link, Ph.D.; Dorothy Castille, Ph.D.
Abstract (PDF, 22 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 450 KB)
Ten Critical Domains for System Transformation: A Conceptual Framework for Implementation, Evaluation and Adaptation
Arthur Evans, Ph.D. and Astrid Beigel, Ph.D.
Abstract (PDF, 20 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 82 KB)
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Staff Selection as a Core Component of EBP Implementation: Findings from Ohio’s Study of IDDT Program Development
Dean L. Fixsen, Ph.D.; Barbara Wieder, Ph.D.; Karen Blase, Ph.D.; Patrick E. Boyle
Abstract (PDF, 22 KB)
Intro Presentation (PDF, 249 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 165 KB)
Implementing Community Treatment Teams: Improving Outcomes Through Research, Assessment and Collaboration
Deb Wasilchak, M.A.; Sara Leiber; Christine Gregor, M.S.W., L.S.W.; Emily Heberlein, M.S.
Abstract (PDF, 19 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 189 KB)
Wrap It Right: A Community’s Experience with Implementing a Best Practice
David Duresky, M.A.; Sylvia McShan, M.S.; Bobbie Lubar; Donna Sogegian, L.C.S.W.
Abstract (PDF, 16 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 447 KB)
Defining and Measuring Principles for Recovery-Oriented Care in Mental Health
Anthony Mancini, Ph.D.; Molly Finnerty, M.D.; Doug Dornan, M.S.; Chip Felton, M.S.W.
Abstract (PDF, 15 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 82 KB)


Sunday February 12, 2006
Poster Session and Reception    5-7 p.m.


List of Invited Poster Presentations
Identification of Youth Psychosocial Problems In Pediatric Primary Care: The Role Of Consultation And Provider Attitudes (PDF, 16 KB)
Jonathan D. Brown, MHS; Lawrence S. Wissow, M.D., MPH
The Columbia University TeenScreen Program: Evidence-Based Prevention and Intervention through Mental Health Screening (PDF, 32 KB)
Laurie Flynn and Adam Kaplan, Ph.D.
Presentation (PDF, 36 KB)
Decreasing Health Care Use with Family Therapy (PDF, 13 KB)
D. Russell Crane, Ph.D.
The Orthodox Jewish Consumer: Culturally Competent Residential Services (PDF, 14 KB)
David Mandel, M.A., M.B.A. and Aaron J. Prero, Ph.D.
Access to Community Mental Health Service by Individuals with HIV/AIDS (PDF, 14 KB)
John A. Pandiani, Ph.D. and Steven M. Banks, Ph.D.
Transforming Consumer Run Organizations through Best Practices Research (PDF, 15 KB)
Greg Meissen, Ph.D.; Matt Shepherd, Ph.D.: Louis Brown, Ph.D.
The Implementation of Dialectical Behavior Therapy in the Pennsylvania State Hospital System: A Case Study for Implementation (PDF, 16 KB)
Suzanne T. Witterholt, M.D.; Sharon Y. Manning, Ph.D., LPC; Helen Best; Maria Monroe-DeVita, Ph.D.
Implementation of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale in a state psychiatric hospital: Eight years of data and experience (PDF, 16 KB)
Lawrence V. Annis, Ph.D.
Improving Mental Health: The use of functional assessment to monitor rehabilitative progress (PDF, 15 KB)
Lawrence V. Annis, Ph.D.
Consumer Outcome Instruments Toolkit (PDF, 37 KB)
Jim Elzey
The Impact of Evidence-Based Guidelines on Physician Prescribing Patterns and Consumer Recovery (PDF, 19 KB)
James Schuster, M.D., MBA and Lisa Strouss, Pharm. D.
Assertive Community Treatment in Maine: Evaluating Fidelity, Service Use, and Outcomes (PDF, 38 KB)
James T. Yoe, Ph.D.; Elsie Freeman, M.D.; Karen Glew, M.A.
The Philadelphia Consortium for Psychiatric Disparities: Qualitative Results from Partnerships Addressing Inequities in Mental Health Treatment (PDF, 15 KB)
Cynthia Zubritsky, Ph.D.; Virginia Smith, Ph.D.; Szabi Ishtai-Zee, Ph.D.
Research in a Clinical State-University Collaboration (PDF, 18 KB)
Steven J. Schleifer, M.D.; Jeffry R. Nurenberg, M.D.; Janet J. Monroe; Peg Grandison, M.S.W.
Fostering Growth in the Mental Health Sector: Using Program Development Research as a System Level Intervention and as a Tool to Strengthen Program Evaluation Research (PDF, 13 KB)
Joan Nandlal, Ph.D.; Linda Yuval, M.A; Erica Procter, M.A.
Implementation in the Real World: Factors that Impact Implementation of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices (PDF, 15 KB)
Sandra F. Naoom, MSPH; Frances Wallace, M.P.H.; Dean L. Fixsen, Ph.D.; Karen A. Blase, Ph.D.
From Policy to Practice: A Multi-Level examination of Factors Impacting Evidence-Based Practice Implementation (PDF, 21 KB)
Gregory A. Aarons, Ph.D. and Karen Zagursky
Creating an Empirically-Oriented Culture Facilitates Statewide Interest in Training in EBPs and Research on Implementation (PDF, 17 KB)
Kay Hodges, Ph.D.; Jim Wotring, M.S.W.; Marion Forgatch, Ph.D., MS
Utilization of HUD Section 8 Housing by Adults Discharged from State Psychiatric Hospitals in Eight States (PDF, 10 KB)
Lucille Schacht, Ph.D.; John A. Pandiani, Ph.D.; Joan A. Mongeon, M.S.; Karen L. Danyow; Steven M. Banks, Ph.D.


Monday February 13, 2006
9:00 - 10:15 a.m. HIPAA: Research and Evaluation Issues
Paul G. Stiles, J.D., Ph.D.
Presentation (PDF, 592 KB)
10:15 - 10:30 a.m. Tribute to Ronald W. Manderscheid, Ph.D., Retired Director of the Survey and Analysis Branch, Center for Mental Health Services
Stephen W. Mayberg, Ph.D.
11:00 - 12:00 p.m. Responding to a Mandate for EBP at the State and Street Levels: The Iowa Experience
Michael Flaum, M.D. and James Overland
Abstract (PDF, 15 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 1219 KB)
Adapting the Integrated Dual Diagnosis Treatment Fidelity Scale for Inpatient Implementation
Barbara Wieder, Ph.D.; Patrick E. Boyle; Debra Hrouda, M.S.S.A.; Mark Hurst, M.D.
Abstract (PDF, 20 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 369 KB)
Data Driven System Transformation
John A. Pandiani, Ph.D. and Steven M. Banks, Ph.D.
Abstract (PDF, 22 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 226 KB)
Improvement in Child and Parent Outcomes Following Mental Health Communication Skills Training for Pediatric Generalists
Lawrence S. Wissow, M.D., M.P.H.; Anne M. Gadomski, M.D., M.P.H.; Johnathan D. Brown, M.H.S.
Abstract (PDF, 20 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 83 KB)
Maryland Psychiatrists’ Perspective on Evidence-Based Guidelines
Donald M. Steinwachs, Ph.D
Abstract (PDF, 16 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 92 KB)
Mental Health Disparities: The Poor Health Status of Consumers of Mental Healthcare
Elise Freeman, M.D., M.P.H. and Jay Yoe, Ph.D.
Abstract (PDF, 19 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 145 KB)
1:30 - 3:00 p.m. An Evaluation of Implementation Resources for Assertive Community Treatment Teams: Implications for Future Directions
Maria Monroe-DeVita, Ph.D.
Abstract (PDF, 17 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 93 KB)
Assessing Physician Response to Interventions to Improve the Quality of Prescribing Behavioral Medications
John E. Byrd, R. Ph., M.B.A. and Richard Surles, Ph.D.
Abstract (PDF, 15 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 322 KB)
Looking Inside the Black Box: How Peer Support Differs from Case Management
David Sells, Ph.D.; Larry Davidson, Ph.D.; Michael Rowe, Ph.D.
Abstract (PDF, 16 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 119 KB)
Psychometric Evaluation of Recovery Scale
Jenna Godfrey, B.S.; Michelle P. Salyers, Ph.D.; Kim T. Mueser, Ph.D.; Shauna Labriola
Abstract (PDF, 15 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 225 KB)
Beyond Program Fidelity: The Employment of Coercion by Teams Implementing the ACT Model
Lorna Moser, M.S.
Abstract (PDF, 17 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 456 KB)
Establishing Consumer-Run Warm Lines as an Evidence-based Practice
Richard Weingarten, M.A.
Abstract (PDF, 17 KB)
The Recovery Implementation Initiative at the Mental Health Center of Denver: Lessons Learned by a Recovery Oriented Community Mental Health Center
P. Antonio Olmos-Gallo, Ph.D.; Steve Huff, Ph.D.; Roy Starks, M.A.; Jay Flynn, J.D.
Abstract (PDF, 16 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 81 KB)
3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Conceptualization and Assessment of Mental Health Practitioner’s Recovery Promotion Competence
Zlatka Russinova, Ph.D. and Sally Rogers, Sc.D.
Abstract (PDF, 15 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 94 KB)
Improving Outcomes for Children in State Custody Through Evidence-Based Practice
Tim Goldsmith, Ph.D. and Sarah Hurley, M.A.
Abstract (PDF, 16 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 95 KB)
System Transformation Responses to Imprisonment of Persons with Mental Illness
David Wright, Ph.D. and Randy May
Abstract (PDF, 21 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 1586 KB)
Lessons Learned in a COSIG-funded Screening and Identification of Co-Occurring Disorders for Forensic Populations
Cynthia Zubritsky, Ph.D.; Holly Wald, Ph.D.; Aileen Rothbard, Sc.D.
Abstract (PDF, 10 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 180 KB)
Consumer Ratings of Quality of Care and Quality of Life: Relationships Between the MHSIP 1.1, MHSS, ROSI, and QOL
Anthony Mancini, Ph.D.; Chip Felton, M.S.W.
Abstract (PDF, 16 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 82 KB)
Evidence-Based Services for Youth in the Hawaii System of Care: Coding the Literature and Evaluating the Fit Between Services and Needs
Jason Schiffman, Ph.D.; Ryan Tolman; Bruce F. Chorpita, Ph.D.; Eric Daleiden, Ph.D.
Abstract (PDF, 15 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 909 KB)
Research Supporting Policy Diversion of Persons with Mental Illnes
Albert J. Grudzinskas, Jr., J.D.; William H. Fisher, Ph.D.; Kristen Roy-Bujnowski, M.S.; Jonathan Clayfield, M.A., LMHC, CPRP
Abstract (PDF, 13 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 434 KB)
Transforming Mental Health Assessment across Community Mental Health, State Hospitals, Division of Youth Corrections, Child Welfare and Medicaid in Colorado
Nancy Johnson Nagel, Ph.D.; Angela Green, Psy. D.; Sally Langston, M.A.; Diane R. Fox, Ph.D.
Abstract (PDF, 14 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 434 KB)


Tuesday February 14, 2006
8:30 - 10:00 a.m. Screening in Primary Care and Schools: The Challenges of Meeting the New Freedom Commission Goal for Early Mental Health Screening
Wendy Holt, M.P.P. and Jessica Mass Levitt, Ph.D.
Abstract (PDF, 30 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 352 KB)
Recovery Outcomes of the Illness Management and Recovery Program
Wesley A. Bullock, Ph.D.; Mary Kay Smith, MD; Michael O'Rourke
Abstract (PDF, 25 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 127 KB)
Data Access on a Shoe String Budget
Mark Reynolds, Ph.D.
Abstract (PDF, 28 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 535 KB)
Identification of Appropriate Post-Hoc Comparison Groups for Program Evaluation Across Multiple State Systems
Diane R. Fox, Ph.D.; Anita Saranga Coen, Ph.D.; Diane Pasini-Hill, M.A.; Nancy Johnson Nagel, Ph.D
Abstract (PDF, 15 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 259 KB)
Using PSYCKES to Improve Prescribing Practices in New York State
Edith Kealey, M.A., MSW; Molly Finnerty, M.D.; Thomas White, M.D
Abstract (PDF, 18 KB)
Presentation (PDF, 1334 KB)
10:30 - 12:00 p.m. Mental Health Funding in Other State Agencies: An NRI Analysis
Ted Lutterman; Jay Yoe, Ph.D.; Jeanne Rivard, Ph.D.; Robin Jacobs
Lutterman Presentation (PDF, 201 KB)
Yoe Presentation (PDF, 100 KB)
Jacobs Presentation (PDF, 119 KB)
12:00 p.m. Conference Adjourns

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