First Steps & Beyond: Incorporating Shared Decision Making (SDM) in Massachusetts Mental Health Services (Report & Recommendations from the 2009 Summit) [English and Spanish versions]

A Spanish translation of this publication is available to download under Additional Files below. Shared Decision Making (SDM) is the process in which provider and consumers participate in all phases of the decision making process and together negotiate a treatment to implement. This report summarizes the report and recommendations from the 2009 SDM Summit. Originally published as: Research You Can Use, Issue 1, 2011

First Steps and Beyond: Incorporating Shared Decision Making in Massachusetts Mental Health Services

Report and recommendations from a policy summit held on June 25, 2009, by Consumer Quality Initiatives (CQI) and the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (DMH) in Waltham, Massachusetts entitled: “Shared Decision Making in Mental Health Services: First Steps towards a Statewide Approach.