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Understanding Coordinated Specialty Care Best Practice Through Fidelity Practices: A Qualitative Exploration, Halley Read
Understanding Coordinated Specialty Care Best Practice Through Fidelity Practices: A Qualitative Exploration, Halley Read
Doctor of Philosophy in Translational Health Sciences Dissertations
Background: Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) is a multidisciplinary care model for providing care to youth and young adults having their first episode of psychosis. While outcomes of CSC effectiveness are overwhelmingly positive, and widespread implementation has occurred in all US states and territories, what is CSC best practice regarding components and fidelity to the model is not clear. CSC implementation is well documented from a fidelity to the model standpoint, but the highly variable fidelity practices and versions of the model are not well understood. Nor are the experiences of those who deliver or receive care. Adding to the complexity …