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SC2.0 reimagines the original UK stepped care model by integrating a range of traditional and emerging online mental health programs systematically within the context of recovery principles and practice
SC2.0 prevents problems from escalating into serious conditions by systematizing shared responsibility for accessing care options at the right time, with the right people, in the right context
Program matching decisions in SC2.0 are also more flexible and client-centric: Rather than stepping only according to diagnosis or symptom severity, one or more options of varying intensity can be jointly selected based on client need, preference, functioning, and readiness for engaging in healing work
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book is a primer on Stepped Care 2.0. It is the first book in a series of three. This primer addresses the increased demand for mental health care by supporting stakeholders (help-seekers, providers, and policy-makers) to collaborate in enhancing care outcomes through work that is both more meaningful and sustainable.
Our current mental health system is organized to offer highly intensive psychiatric and psychological care. While undoubtedly effective, demand far exceeds the supply for such specialized programming. Many people seeking to improve their mental health do not need psychiatric medication or sophisticated psychotherapy. A typical help seeker needs basic support. For knee pain, a nurse or physician might first recommend icing and resting the knee, working to achieve a healthy weight, and introducing low impact exercise before considering specialist care. Unfortunately, there is no parallel continuum of care for mental health and wellness. As a result, a person seeking the most basic support must line up and wait for the specialist along with those who may have very severe and/or complex needs. Why are there no lower intensity options? One reason is fear and stigma. A thorough assessment by a specialist is considered best practice. After all, what if we miss signs of suicide or potential harm to others? A reasonable question on the surface; however, the premise is flawed. First, the risk of suicide, or threat to others, for those already seeking care, is low. Second, our technical capacity to predict on these threats is virtually nil. Finally, assessment in our current culture of fear tends to focus more on the identification of deficits (as opposed to functional capacities), leading to over-prescription of expensive remedies and lost opportunities for autonomy and self-management. Despite little evidence linking assessment to treatment outcomes, and no evidence supporting our capacity to detect risk for harm, we persist with lengthy intake assessments and automatic specialist referrals that delay care. Before providers and policy makers can feel comfortable letting go of risk assessment, however, they need to understand the forces underlying the risk paradigm that dominates our society and restricts creative solutions for supporting those in need.Authors and Affiliations
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Counseling and Psychological Services, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Peter Cornish
About the author
Dr Peter Cornish is psychologist, an Honorary Research Professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland and the Director of Counseling and Psychological Services at the University of California, Berkeley. His clinical and research activities include online mental health, stepped care programming, mental health service innovations, change management, interprofessional team functioning and group dynamics. Over the past 4 years he has provided health system transformation consultation and on-site training on his own Stepped Care 2.0 model to over 150 institutions across North America, including senior Federal and Provincial policy makers in Canada.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Stepped Care 2.0: A Paradigm Shift in Mental Health
Authors: Peter Cornish
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48055-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48054-7Published: 14 June 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48057-8Published: 14 June 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-48055-4Published: 13 June 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 137
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour
Topics: Health Psychology, Behavioral Therapy, Psychotherapy and Counseling, Psychiatry, Neuropsychology