Supporting shared decision making beyond consumer-prescriber interactions: Initial development of the CommonGround...

Area of Science:

• Mental Health Care
• Health Services Research
• Psychiatry

Background:

• Shared decision-making (SDM) is vital for recovery-oriented, person-centered mental health care.
• Current practice often fails to integrate SDM into routine psychiatric visits.
• System-level support is necessary for widespread SDM adoption.

Purpose of the Study:

• To introduce CommonGround, a systemic approach to facilitate SDM in mental health care.
• To outline the organizational components of the CommonGround system.
• To present a fidelity scale for evaluating the implementation of CommonGround.

Main Methods:

• Described the organizational structure and components of the CommonGround systemic approach.
• Developed and presented a fidelity scale to measure the successful implementation of the system.

Main Results:

• The CommonGround approach provides a framework for integrating SDM at an organizational level.
• A fidelity scale was developed to assess the extent to which CommonGround is implemented.

Conclusions:

• Systemic integration of SDM tools and practices, like CommonGround, is essential for its successful adoption.
• The CommonGround fidelity scale can guide and evaluate the implementation of SDM in mental health services.