Maria Monroe-DeVita, PhD, presented in-person on August 2, 2023 in Boise, Idaho for the first annual Idaho Division of Behavioral Health Center of Excellence Conference on Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and Early Serious Mental Illness (ESMI).
This presentation will provide an overview of similarities and differences between two team-based care models: Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC). Topics will include the evolution of both models and what they can learn from one another to meet the needs of individuals and families across the continuum of care.
Dr. Monroe-DeVita’s expertise is in implementation and services research related to evidence-based practices for adults with serious mental illness, particularly the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) model. She has served as the Principal Investigator on several projects with the Washington State Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery, including the development, implementation, and fidelity assessment of 10 new ACT teams, and several Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) and Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT) pilots across the state. She is also in the process of developing and testing novel approaches to better serving people with serious mental illness. She received a collaborative R34 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to develop and pilot-test the integration of IMR within ACT teams and is working to better define and implement integrated primary care services within ACT. She is also the lead author of the new ACT fidelity tool – the Tool for Measurement of Assertive Community Treatment (TMACT) – which has been disseminated and pilot-tested in several U.S. states and countries. Dr. Monroe-DeVita is a core faculty member of the Northwest MHTTC and SPIRIT Lab at the University of Washington, which provides training, consultation, technical assistance, and fidelity assessment to agencies across the state to support sustainable implementation of EBPs that can substantially enhance the functional recovery of individuals living with serious mental illness.
