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PRISM

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PRISM

Shalini Lal

PRISM

Pathway for Rapid, Internet-based, Self-referral to Mental health Services for Youth

Project Summary

PRISM is an innovation and research project that aims to develop, implement, and evaluate the use of an online self-referral pathway to facilitate rapid and direct access to mental health services for youth and families, locally in their communities.

Through this pathway, youth with mental health concerns are able to refer themselves directly to youth health and social services in their community using their phone, computer, or tablet. Parents and service providers are also able to refer a young person to services via PRISM. Clinicians are able to triage, track, and manage referrals through a secured platform.

PRISM has been developed, launched, and evaluated in three Canadian sites: ACCESS Open-Minds Chatham-Kent (Ontario) ; RIPAJ - Montreal (Quebec); and Aire Ouverte - CCSMTL (Quebec).  

After an initial feasibility evaluation at RIPAJ - Montreal and Chatham-Kent, over a year of implementation has been completed at Aire ouverte - CCSMTL. 

Preliminary results indicate that implementation of the online referral service is feasible, has a positive impact and excellent acceptability on the part of the young people and treatment teams who have used the digital solution. 

For more information on the evaluation, our trial registry is available here: https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN17846723

Funders
The project received competitive funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) through the eHealth Innovations Partnership Program (eHIPP) awarded to Dr. Shalini Lal. The project received additional funding from the Graham Boeckh Foundation. 

Partners and Collaborators
Key partners include: Aire ouverte - CCSMTL, ACCESS Open Minds network, Youth and Family representatives, Strata Health Solutions, Tickit Health, and Savoir-Faire - Linux.

Contact person
Shalini Lal, Ph.D., M.Sc., B.Sc.O.T. (Reg.QC)
Email: ymhtechlab@gmail.com

Youth Mental Health and Technology Lab
Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM)
Pavillion S 850, Rue St-Denis, Bureau S03.328
Montréal (Québec) H2X 0A9

Email: ymhtechlab@gmail.com