ADAPTS project in MI Mental Health
Nailah Henry, a health policy analyst on CHRT’s policy team, is quoted in the January 14 MI Mental Health series story, Washtenaw County leads the way with ADAPTS mental health model. The story by Brianna Nargiso focuses on one of CHRT’s current projects: ADAPTS.
ADAPTS is a complex systems modeling project, run by CHRT’s longstanding partner Dr. Gregory Dalack, chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan. Built on the foundation of the Anytown, U.S. model, this local project is designed to help county leaders make evidence-based decisions about where to invest resources to improve the county’s crisis continuum of care.
A consortium of local partners has worked to inform and build the model with local data, including Washtenaw County Community Mental Health, the Trinity Health System Emergency Department, University of Michigan Psychiatric Emergency Services, and addiction treatment partners like Dawn Farm and Home of New Vision.
“ADAPTS’ innovative use of system dynamics modeling allows for a better understanding of feedback loops and interdependencies in the mental health system,” writes Nargiso. “For instance, longer wait times for psychiatric beds often result in cascading effects, such as increased arrests or extended hospital boarding, which exacerbate systemic pressures.”
CHRT’s role is to provide backbone support and facilitate cross-team collaboration.