Grounded in national and regional EPINET data on discharge in early psychosis services, this presentation will focus on social and cultural vectors underlying the 'hard' problem of disengagement and present alternative approaches for addressing distrust, and strengthening clinical relationships by centering lived experiences of psychosis, socioeconomic disadvantage, racism, and cultural difference.

Presenter: Nev Jones PhD is a patient-alumna of specialized early psychosis services and currently assistant professor in the School of Social Work and Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh.  As a program developer, evaluator and researcher, her work has sought to amplify the perspectives of those most impacted by the public mental health system, foreground the role of social and structural determinants, and support transformative change. 

This webinar will be presented in collaboration with the Massachusetts Mental Health Center GrandRounds series. 

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