Mental Healthcare Improvement Project (MHIP)

This project emerged in the follow-up to our action research pilot study on health disparities. This project aims to improve primary care of mental illness through an interdisciplinary, collaborative, chronic care model. We are using multi-method research to implement and evaluate the project.

Mental Health problems, particularly depression, are very common in primary care. Yet, these are often undiagnosed, and access to mental health care services is often difficult. With the help of a grant from the Health Foundation of South Florida, and the United Health Foundation, and with consultation from 3CM, LLC, we are implementing a collaborative model of depression care adapted for our local resources and needs at our Jefferson Reaves, Sr. Health Center in Overtown. This project looks at depression as a chronic disease and provides primary care physicians and patients the tools they need to better manage the disease, with the help of mental health professionals and a depression care manager.

Contact us
David Brown, MD, Family Physician, PI, DBrown@med.miami.edu
Erika Daugherty, MA, Mental Health Care Manager, EDaugherty@med.miami.edu
Nicole Eull, PhD, Project Psychologist, NEull@med.miami.edu
Barry Nierenberg, PhD, Consulting Psychologist, BNierenb@med.miami.ed
Ray Ownby, MD, PhD, Psychiatrist, ROwnby@med.miami.edu
J. Bryan Page, PhD, Anthropologist, Program Evaluation, Bryan.Page@miami.edu

Links

Community resources for JRSHC
Community Resource Inventory (County wide)
Community Mental Health Center Catchment Areas
Three component model