What's New at our Center?

​Featured Publications

-Outcomes of mental health self-directed care
-Predictors of smoking among adults served in public mental health settings
​-Is recovery possible outside of the financial mainstream?  
​-Understanding co-occurring diabetes, obesity, and mental illness
-Using participatory dialogues during a health fair
-Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP) reduces depression & anxiety

​Find more publications​

​Featured Health and Wellness Tools

-How to plan and run a health fair for people in mental health recovery
-Weight management class for people in mental health recovery
-Patient education toolkit for people with diabetes and mental health conditions
-Run a Wellness Activities class
-Keeping healthy after the hospital

​Find more health and wellness tools

Featured Self-Determination Tools

​-How to make a self-directed life plan
-Assessing self-determination in your life
-Conversation starters when working with service providers
-What you need to know about supported employment
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​Find more self-determination tools 

​Featured Policy Resources

-Policy Twitter Chat on evidence-based supported employment
-Webinar on Sequential Intercept Model for jail diversion
​-Policy Twitter Chat on integrated behavioral healthcare
​-Latest on healthcare reform
​-Care coordination in the CCBHC Program

​Find more policy resources

Research and Evaluation Program​

The Center conducts a series of rigorous research projects to enhance the state of evidence-based practice and systems transformation in behavioral health.

• ​​Multisite Study of Mental Health Self-Directed Care
• Analysis of Costs & Services for Adults with Mental Illnesses after a Medical Hospitalization
• Teaming Community Health Workers and Peer Specialists to Prevent Medical Re-Hospitalization
• Self-Directed Career Accounts for IPS Participants with Psychiatric Disabilities  

Over the past 25 years, our Center has contributed to the evidence base and advanced knowledge in behavioral health care and medicine. 
Learn more about our completed studies.

Center Spotlights​

Access a summary of our policy Twitter chat on supported employment, and follow the conversation at #SEworks

Learn how your state or agency can address the social determinants of health

Read about current proposals and plans for Medicaid reform 

​Check out our interactive map of peer support training & certification programs
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​Learn how we're bringing a weight & well-being program to scale statewide

​Study first to show long-term effects of supported employment in the decade after services. Click here to request a copy of the article.

​Empowerment Photo Gallery

​Integrated Healthcare Podcast Library

Tweets by @UICHealthRRTC

Practice, Policy, & Science Exchange

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​Solutions Suite

The UIC Solutions Suite offers health, self-determination, and recovery tools for immediate programmatic or personal use.

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​Academy for Policymakers

The UIC Academy for Policymakers provides resources and technical assistance to mental health policymakers.

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​Science Showcase

The UIC Science Showcase features the latest evidence on mental health and health promotion.

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The contents of this web site were developed under a grant with funding from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research, and from the Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, United States Department of Health and Human Services (NIDILRR grant #90RT5038). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL) of HHS. The contents of this web site do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, HHS, or of SAMHSA, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.