Partnerships

The ALACRITY Center investigators partner with other colleagues and organizations to promote health and longevity for persons with serious mental illness. Please visit our Community Advisory Board page to see a list of current members.

NAMIWalks Maryland

On May 20th, 2023, ALACRITY Center faculty and staff participated in NAMI Maryland's annual NAMIWalks event to support Mental Health for All.

World Health Organization Guidelines & Publications

ALACRITY Director Dr. Gail Daumit has held impactful national and international roles in mental health services. In 2018, she participated in the World Health Organization Guideline Development Group for Guidelines on Management of Physical Health Conditions in Adults with Severe Mental Disorders.

• World Health Organization Guidelines on Management of Physical Health Conditions in Adults with Severe Mental Disorders
• Excess mortality in persons with severe mental disorders: a multilevel intervention framework and priorities for clinical practice, policy and research agendas (Liu et al., World Psychiatry, 2017)

NIMH ALACRITY Centers

As one of several funded NIMH ALACRITY Centers, Johns Hopkins ALACRITY Center investigators look forward to working with colleagues across the country on important topics of shared interest in mental health services research to increase the impact of all ALACRITY Centers.

• Columbia University Department of Psychiatry
  Optimizing and Personalizing interventions for people with schizophrenia Across the Lifespan (OPAL)

• McLean Hospital
  LEAP Center: Laboratory for Early Psychosis Research

• New York University Langone Health – Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  The Center for the Implementation and Dissemination of Evidence-Based Practices Among States (IDEAS²)

• University of Pennsylvania Center for Health Incentives & Behavioral Economics
  Transforming mental health care delivery through behavioral economics and implementation science

• University of Pittsburgh
  The Center for Enhancing Treatment & Utilization for Depression & Emergent Suicidality (ETUDES Center)

• University of Washington
  University of Washington ALACRITY Center – Working Together to Reimagine Mental Health

• Weill Cornell Medicine – Psychiatry
  A Novel Model for Intervention Development & Implementation