The purpose of the study is to evaluate the preliminary acceptability and mental health outcomes associated with engagement in Skills for Psychological Recovery (SPR) and satisfaction with SPR among people who have experienced a sexual assault. The present study will conduct focus groups/interviews and surveys with providers of SPR and victim advocates at rape advocacy centers to understand perceptions of SPR and early interventions in rape advocacy center settings and determine adaptations needed to adapt SPR for the needs of survivors of recent sexual assault. The present study will also assess mental health outcomes on screening data collected as part of clinical care among people receiving SPR as part of clinical care via telehealth at Tri-County SPEAKS, Pathways to Healing, or National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center and conducted one-time interviews and survey with survivors to get feedback on SPR for recent sexual assault.
Depression, anxiety, and preventable physical diseases (e.g., obesity, cardiovascular) are interrelated and costly public health problems in Charleston county (Tricounty Community Health Needs Assessment Report, 2019). Given these complex and interrelated needs, the Behavioral Health Task Force of S.C. recommends the development of integrated mental and physical health services in settings such as primary care (S.C. Institute of Medicine and Public Health, 2016) that simultaneously address mental and physical health. Unfortunately, no known IMHWS models have been evaluated in the county or state. The purpose of this research study is to quantitatively and qualitatively evaluate the acceptability of the Modern Minds clinic and model, a novel IMHWS model in the Charleston area. We will be examining providers' and clients' satisfaction with model, as well as conducting interviews to understand how acceptable such a model would be to other communities.