Matthew Chinman

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Behavioral Scientist
Pittsburgh Office

Education

Ph.D. in clinical/community psychology, University of South Carolina

Overview

Biography

Matthew Chinman is a behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation, where his recent focus has been on developing strategies to enhance the prevention capacity of community-based prevention practitioners. As such, he codeveloped the Getting To Outcomes (GTO) model and led the development and testing of several GTO-based guides that are aimed at assisting local communities in planning, implementing, and evaluating prevention programs in the areas of substance abuse prevention, underage drinking prevention, and youth development. Chinman is also a health science specialist at the VISN 4 Mental Illness, Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC) at the Pittsburgh VA Medical Center, where his overall focus is on developing and testing various interventions to improve the recovery of individuals with serious mental illnesses. As part of that initiative, he has been developing and assessing strategies that involve mental health consumers in service-providing roles in order to improve the quality of their care. Chinman received his Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina.

Research Focus

Previous Positions

Director of Program Evaluation Services, Consultation Center, Yale University School of Medicine

Recent Projects

  • Getting to Outcomes and underage drinking
  • Enhancing prevention capacity with developmental assets
  • PEers Enhancing Recovery (PEER)
  • Participatory research of an empowerment evaluation system

Selected Publications

M. Chinman et al., "Early experiences of employing Consumer Providers in the VA," Psychiatric Services, 59:1315-1321, 2008

M. Chinman et al., "The Getting to Outcomes Demonstration and Evaluation: An Illustration of the Prevention Support System," American Journal of Community Psychology, 41:206-224, 2008

M. Chinman et al., "The feasibility of computerized patient self-assessment at mental health clinics," Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 34(4):401-409, 2007

M. Chinman et al., "Toward the Implementation of Mental Health Consumer Provider Services," Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 33(2):176-195, 2006

M. Chinman et al., "Developing a Community Science Research Agenda for Building Community Capac-ity for Effective Preventive Interventions," American Journal of Community Psychology, 3(3):143-157, 2005

A. S. Young et al., "Use of a Consumer-Led Intervention to Improve Provider Competencies," Psychiatric Services, 56:967-975, 2005

M. Chinman et al., "Computer-assisted self-assessment in persons with severe mental illness," Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 65(10):1343-1351, 2004

M. Chinman et al., "Getting To Outcomes: A community-based participatory approach to preventive interventions," Journal of Interprofessional Care, 18:441-443, 2004

Honors & Awards

  • Outstanding Publication Award (Getting To Outcomes), 2008, American Evaluation Association
  • 2nd Prize, Research Competition, 1997, International Society for the Psychological Treatment of Schizophrenia

Recent Media Appearances

Interviews: Associated Press

Publications

Routine Outcomes Monitoring to Support Improving Care for Schizophrenia: Report from the VA Mental Health QUERI - 2011

The Premises Is the Premise: Understanding Off- and On-Premises Alcohol Sales Outlets to Improve Environmental Alcohol Prevention Strategies - 2011

Parental Knowledge and Substance Use Among African American Adolescents: Influence of Gender and Grade Level - 2010

Using Organizational Change Strategies to Guide Peer Support Technician Implementation in the Veterans Administration - 2010

Community Prevention Handbook on Adolescent Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment: Evidence-Based Practices - 2009

Promoting Evidence-Based Practices: The Adoption of a Prevention Support System in Community Settings - 2009

Reducing Inequities Among Children with Asthma in the Island of Puerto Rico: Experiences of a Community-Based, Trans-Sectoral Effort - 2009

Strengthening Prevention Performance Using Technology: A Formative Evaluation of Interactive Getting to Outcomes® - 2009

Technical Assistance as a Prevention Capacity-Building Tool: A Demonstration Using the Getting to Outcomes Framework - 2009

EQUIP: Implementing Chronic Care Principles and Applying Formative Evaluation Methods to Improve Care for Schizophrenia : QUERI Series - 2008

Early Experiences of Employing Consumer-Providers in the VA - 2008

Mental Health Consumer Providers: A Guide for Clinical Staff - 2008

The Getting to Outcomes Demonstration and Evaluation: an Illustration of the Prevention Support System - 2008

Differences in HIV Care Between Patients with and Without Severe Mental Illness - 2007

Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Progress During 2004 and 2005 - 2007

Getting To Outcomes™: 10 Steps for Achieving Results-Based Accountability - 2007

Impact of a Positive Youth Development Program in Urban After-School Settings on the Prevention of Adolescent Substance Use - 2007

Preventing Underage Drinking: Using Getting To Outcomes™ with the SAMHSA Strategic Prevention Framework to Achieve Results - 2007

The Feasibility of Computerized Patient Self-Assessment at Mental Health Clinics - 2007

Using the ''Getting to Outcomes™'' Approach to Help Communities Prevent Underage Drinking - 2007

Embedding Improvements, Lived Experience, and Social Justice in Evaluation Practice - 2006

Getting To Outcomes™: Improving Community-Based Substance-Use Prevention - 2006

Getting to Outcomes with Developmental Assets: Ten Steps to Measuring Success in Youth Programs and Communities - 2006

Mobilizing Communities for Positive Youth Development: Lessons Learned from Neighborhood Groups and Community Coalitions - 2006

Patterns of HIV Care for Patients with Serious Mental Illness - 2006

Peer Support Among Adults with Serious Mental Illness: A Report from the Field - 2006

Toward the Implementation of Mental Health Consumer Provider Services - 2006

Characteristics of Individuals with Severe Mental Illness Who Use Emergency Services - 2005

Developing a Community Science Research Agenda for Building Community Capacity for Effective Preventive Interventions - 2005

Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Program Advancement in 2005 - 2005

Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Program Advancement in 2005 - 2005

Obteniendo Resultados 2004: Promoción de Responsabilidad a Través de Métodos y Herramientas de Planeación, Implementación y Evaluación - 2005

Recovery Guides: An Emerging Model of Community-Based Care for Adults with Psychiatric Disabilities - 2005

Service Access and Service System Development in a Children's Behavioral Health System of Care - 2005

Use of a Consumer-Led Intervention to Improve Provider Competencies - 2005

A Network-Based System to Improve Care for Schizophrenia: The Medical Informatics Network Tool (MINT) - 2004

Computer-assisted Self-Assessment in Persons with Severe Mental Illness - 2004

Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Progress from Program Inception to 2004 - 2004

Getting To Outcomes™ 2004: Promoting Accountability Through Methods and Tools for Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation - 2004

Getting to Outcomes: A Community-Based Participatory Approach to Preventive Interventions - 2004

Supported Socialization for People with Psychiatric Disabilities: Lessons from a Randomized Controlled Trial - 2004

Trauma and Adaptation in Severe Mental Illness: The Role of Self-Reported Abuse and Exposure to Community Violence - 2004

An Action Model of Socially Disruptive Behaviors Committed By Persons with Severe Mental Illness: The Role of Self-Reported Childhood Abuse and Suspiciousness--Hostility - 2003

An Instrument to Assess Competencies of Providers Treating Severe Mental Illness - 2003

PIE à La Mode: Mainstreaming Evaluation and Accountability in Each Program in Every County of a Statewide School Readiness Initiative - 2003

Service Providers' Views of Psychiatric Mutual Support Groups - 2002

The Connecticut Mental Health Center Patient Profile Project: Application of a Service Needs Index - 2002

Chronicity Reconsidered: Improving Person-Environment Fit Through a Consumer-Run Service - 2001

Developing the Case Management Relationship with Seriously Mentally Ill Homeless Individuals - 2001

Homelessness, Mental Illness and Citizenship - 2001

Impact of Panic Attacks on Rehabilitation and Quality of Life Among Persons with Severe Psychotic Disorders - 2001

It Was Just Realizing... That Life Isn't One Big Horror: A Qualitative Study of Supported Socialization - 2001

Simply to Be Let in: Inclusion as a Basis for Recovery - 2001

Using the Getting-To-Outcomes (GTO) Model in a Statewide Prevention Initiative - 2001

Client-case Manager Racial Matching in a Program for Homeless Persons with Serious Mental Illness - 2000

Comparing Consumer and Nonconsumer Provided Case Management Services for Homeless Persons with Serious Mental Illness - 2000

Getting to Outcomes: A Results-Based Approach to Accountability - 2000

How Are We Doing? A Statewide Survey of Community Adjustment Among People with Serious Mental Illness Receiving Intensive Outpatient Services - 2000

On the Road to Collaborative Treatment Planning: Consumer and Provider Perspectives - 1999

Peer Support Among Individuals with Severe Mental Illness: A Review of the Evidence - 1999