Implementation and fidelity assessment of the NAVIGATE treatment program for first episode psychosis in a multi-site study

This article describes the approach to training and implementing the NAVIGATE program at the 17 sites (including 134 practitioners) randomized to provide it, and to evaluating the fidelity of service delivery to the NAVIGATE model. Fidelity was evaluated to five different components of the program, all of which were standardized in manuals in advance of implementation.

Source: Schizophrenia Research - August 20, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kim T. Mueser, Piper S. Meyer-Kalos, Shirley M. Glynn, David W. Lynde, Delbert G. Robinson, Susan Gingerich, David L. Penn, Corrine Cather, Jennifer D. Gottlieb, Patricia Marcy, Jennifer L. Wiseman, Sheena Potretzke, Mary F. Brunette, Nina R. Schooler, Je Source Type: research