The ASC Model as a Reinforcing Clinical System
ASC’s operating model is best described not as a service line but as a set of reinforcing clinical and institutional loops. Each loop has a defined mechanism, and the loops are mutually sustaining over time. The clinical loop: environment, engagement, adherence, outcomes The proximal target of the residential environment is not symptom reduction but engagement. […]
The Recovery Flywheel: Creating Momentum in Mental Health Care
A note on terminology. We use the word participant rather than patient because patient, in the context of severe persistent mental illness, has accumulated stigma and now functions as an identity label rather than a description of a role. Participant is an ordinary word, used across many settings, that describes what someone is doing rather […]