Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: * The target population is adults diagnosed with a serious mental illness living in rural areas and at risk of rehospitalization after being discharged from a psychiatric hospital. * Currently referred or receiving services from the standing CBIT program offered, age 18 years of age or older, and able to provide consent. * Eligibility criteria for the CBIT program are aged 18 or older, who have a serious mental illness (e.g., diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder), and who need an intensive level of care. * In addition, CBIT program participants must meet at least two of the following criteria: 1) At least two psychiatric hospitalizations in the past 12 months or lengths of stay equal to 30 days or more within a 12-month time frame, 2) unmanageable or persistent severe major symptoms (e.g., psychotic symptoms, suicidality) 3) are unhoused, living in unsafe housing, or at risk of becoming unhoused, 4) currently receiving treatment from an inpatient or supervised residential setting, but able to live independently with adequate provision of community-based intensive services. Participants must also live or receive services within the selected rural counties. Exclusion Criteria: * Adults not diagnosed with a serious mental illness, not at risk of rehospitalization * Not having be hospitalized * Not currently receiving or referred for CBIT services * Not able to provide informed consent * Not being 18 years of age or older