Piloting Acute Care to Primary Care Linkage of Safety Net Patients

Summary

This pilot study will evaluate the implementation of a stepped care intervention that combines Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, psychotropic medications, and information technology innovations at a level 1 trauma center to community linkage components to reduce the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and related comorbidities in injured trauma survivors treated in the emergency department and surgical inpatient settings.

Timeline

Start

2011-01

Primary completion

2011-11

Completion

2011-11

Publications

• Background Zatzick DF, Roy-Byrne P, Russo JE, Rivara FP, Koike A, Jurkovich GJ, Katon W. Collaborative interventions for physically injured trauma survivors: a pilot randomized effectiveness trial. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2001 May-Jun;23(3):114-23. doi: 10.1016/s0163-8343(01)00140-2.
• Background Zatzick D, Roy-Byrne P, Russo J, Rivara F, Droesch R, Wagner A, Dunn C, Jurkovich G, Uehara E, Katon W. A randomized effectiveness trial of stepped collaborative care for acutely injured trauma survivors. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2004 May;61(5):498-506. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.61.5.498.

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