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Center on integrated health care
& self-directed recovery
Dedicated to advancing knowledge and utilization of innovative models to promote health, recovery, and employment for people with mental health conditions.
UIC Center receives a Rehabilitation Research & Training Center grant from NIDILRR!
This five-year research and training program is advancing science and knowledge translation to improve the health and functioning of people with serious mental health conditions across the lifespan.
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Find Tools for Wellness & Self-Direction
Research and Evaluation Program
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The Center conducts a series of rigorous research projects to enhance the state of evidence-based practice and systems transformation in behavioral health. Over the past 30 years, our Center has contributed to the evidence base and advanced knowledge in behavioral health care and medicine. |
Center Spotlights
Dr. Judith Cook shares current evidence and future directions for recovery-oriented care, including wellness self-management, self-direction, certified peer support, and increased community participation
Assess workforce wellness with our Crisis Support Workforce Wellness Tool or our Behavioral Health Care Workforce Wellness Tool
Learn about more about improving service coordination for people with co-occurring serious mental illnesses & intellectual or development disabilities & access key resources to support these often under-served clients
As a changemaker, Dr. Judith Cook is featured in the University of Illinois Chicago’s Spark Talks on bringing innovative clinical care to scale
Learn about recovery-oriented interventions for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities and mental health challenges
Dr. Judith Cook reflects on lessons learned when conducting cutting edge research on peer support models
Long-time Center collaborators at CSPNJ, including Dr. Peggy Swarbrick, present for MHA Webinar Series on different forms of journaling to support wellness recovery
Online resource helps behavioral health care providers de-escalate crises and maintain workplace safety
Review our research showing that self-directed career accounts as a complement to IPS are associated with working more hours, making more money, staying at jobs longer, and having greater financial well-being than receiving IPS alone
Learn about our research on the associations between transition disruptions, poor mental health, and multiple medical conditions among transition-age youth with mental health disorders
Dr. Judith Cook & Taina Laing present for MHA Webinar Series on enriching the vocational workforce by hiring peers to deliver IPS supported employment
Long-time Center collaborators at CSPNJ, including Dr. Peggy Swarbrick, present for MHA Webinar Series on supporting mental health through building financial wellness
Watch this webinar on how WRAP for Healthy Aging helps older adults to self-manage their physical and mental health
Online tool helps doctors refer patients to mental health self-management education & support, including online options
Online toolkit reviews the many ways that peer support specialists improve supported employment programs
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
Practice, Policy, & Science Exchange
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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 grants #90RTHF0009, #90RTHF0004, #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.