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PIER Program Supports Young Adults with Mental Health Problems
How the Portland Identification and Early Referral program intervenes to prevent severe mental illness in teens and young adults.
Published: January 08, 2009
Here’s one way to think about how it feels to develop schizophrenia: William R. McFarlane, M.D., compares it to driving off a cliff. In this case, the looming cliff is a psychotic episode. Now imagine, he says, that you could stop the process.
That’s what the Portland Identification and Early Referral program, or PIER, in Portland, Maine, strives to do. PIER trains community members to recognize mental health problems in young adults, assesses those referred to the program, provides treatment, counsels families and evaluates the program's effectiveness.
McFarlane is director of PIER. He also is director of RWJF’s $12.4-million Early Detection and Intervention for the Prevention of Psychosis Program (EDIPPP), designed to replicate the PIER model in three other communities and to extend the work currently under way in Portland.
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Listed below is one grant that supported this project.
| Grant | Awarded to | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Prevention of psychosis through early detection and intervention using the Portland Identification and Early Referral (PIER) program |
Maine Medical Center (Portland, ME) ID#: 59639 William R. McFarlane, M.D. 207-662-2004 mcfarw@mmc.org |
Actual award: $2,000,000 December 2006 to November 2010 |
RWJF may have supported this project with other grants that are not listed.
RWJF Launches National Program for Preventing Psychotic Illness in Young People
Publication date:
April 10, 2007
Summary:
Recognizing the tremendous anguish that severe mental illness inflicts upon young people and their families, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today announced a new national program that builds upon a pioneering initiative in Portland, Maine, for preventing...
Mitigating Mental Illness in Youth and Young Adults
Publication date:
June 03, 2008
Summary:
Through early detection, treatment and family counseling, PIER offers a means to avoid the most devastating effects of serious mental illness in young people ages 12 to 25.
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