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Table 2 Secondary outcomes of MAPS study

From: Peer navigation for individuals with serious mental illness leaving jail: a pilot randomized trial study protocol

Health service outcomes

Utilization of community mental health (primary), medical, and substance use services; fewer days between release from jail and first contact with any health care provider.

Clinical outcomes

Reduced psychiatric symptoms, increased functioning, adherence to psychiatric medications, fewer substance using days, fewer hospitalizations, and suicide attempts.

Life context outcomes

Nights unstably housed and time until rearrest.

Potential target mechanisms

Instrumental (primary), informational, and emotional support for treatment engagement and social norms about treatment engagement and recovery.