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Industrious 400U @ Rainier Square
400 University Street
Floor 3
Seattle, WA 98101
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Background
Psychosis involves “… some loss of contact with reality… [where] a person’s thoughts and perceptions are disrupted…[and they] may have difficulty recognizing [what is] real and [unreal]”[i] that can be part of a variety of diagnoses including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression. Psychosis impacts ~3/100 people at some time in their life and 100,000 people over 21 years old annually nationwide.[ii] However, only about 10-15% of people experiencing their first episode of psychosis receive an evidence-based coordinated specialty care model.[iii] The best practice is intervention within the first three months of symptom onset that decreases psychosis duration, probability of recurrence, lifetime cost, and improves quality of life. In Washington State, over 4,300 people with Medicaid received their first psychotic disorder diagnosis in 2021, with an estimated incidence of 235/100,000 Medicaid enrollees annually.[iv] Incongruent coverage between public and private payors creates barriers to access for people on private or employer-sponsored plans
| Next Meeting | Time | Materials |
| Jan 8th, 2024 | 3-4:30pm | Please see below |
Meeting Materials
| Date | Materials |
| January 8th, 2024 | |
| February 5th | February Agenda January Minutes Materials |
| March 5th | March Agenda February Minutes Materials/Workplan |
| April 2nd | April Agenda March Minutes Materials/Evidence Table |
| May 7th | May Agenda April Minutes Materials/Evidence Table |
| June 4th | June Agenda May Minutes Evidence Table Materials |
| July 12th | July Agenda June Minutes Materials/Evidence Table |
| August 6th | August Agenda July Minutes Materials/Evidence Table |
| September 3rd | September Agenda August Minutes Materials |
| October 1st | October Agenda September Minutes Materials |
| November 5th | November Agenda October Minutes Draft Report & Guidelines |
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Workgroup Members
| Name | Title | Organization |
| Darcy Jaffe, ARNP (Chair) | Senior Vice President Quality and Safety | Washington State Hospital Associaion |
[i] National Institute of Mental Health. (n.d.). Understanding psychosis. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Retrieved November 27, 2024, from https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/understanding-psychosis
[ii] National Alliance on Mental Illness. (n.d.). Psychosis. Retrieved November 27, 2024, from https://www.nami.org/About-Mental-Illness/Mental-Health-Conditions/Psychosis/
[iii] National Alliance on Mental Illness. (2024). Scaling coordinated specialty care for first episode psychosis: Insights from a national impact model. Retrieved from https://www.nami.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Scaling-CSC-for-FEP-Insights-from-a-National-Impact-Model.pdf
[iv] Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. (n.d.). Behavioral health benefits of supported employment: Impacts of individual placement and support programs on Medicaid recipients with severe mental illness. Retrieved from https://www.dshs.wa.gov/sites/default/files/rda/reports/research-3-54.pdf