The Emerge Model

The Emerge multidisciplinary model is developmentally focused on emerging adults. Emerge focuses on all developmental and social aspects of wellness that are important in emerging adulthood: friends, romantic relationships, sense of belonging, work, school and career exploration, developing independent living skills and decision-making. Emerging adulthood occurs approximately between ages 17–27, spanning late adolescence and young adulthood. 

Emerge Research Study

Examining Feasibility of Community-based Multidisciplinary Team-based Model (Emerge) for TAY with Serious Mental Health Diagnoses: Comparing young people’s experiences with Emerge services (community support, care coordination, evidence-based therapies, Peer Support, Supported Employment & Education + prescribing) to those in adult-services-as-usual, and developing a manual, fidelity scale, and training tools for Emerge replication in Illinois and nationally (NIDILRR-funded; 2022-2025).

Study Participation

View the FACT sheet for details about study participation, eligibility and enrollment.
Contact rebecca.johnson1@austin.utexas.edu to learn more and enroll.

Study Partners

TIEMH Emerge Publications

• “Integrating Positive Youth Development into Coordinated Specialty Care for a recent onset of psychosis”
  Klodnick, V.V., Johnson, R. P., Cohen, D. A., Fagan, M., Fetzer, P., & Clark, H. (2022). Integrating Positive Youth Development into Coordinated Specialty Care for a recent onset of psychosis. Journal of Social Work in Mental Health, 21(2),180-202. 
  
• “Developing a community-based multidisciplinary service exit typology for young adults with serious mental health conditions”
  Klodnick, V. V., Johnson, R. P., Brenits, A., Cohen, D. A., Fagan, M. A., Paauw, M. A., & Schneider, A. (2021). Developing a community-based multidisciplinary service exit typology for young adults with serious mental health conditions. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 44(4), 381–390.
  
• “Meeting the Developmental Needs of Young Adults Diagnosed with Serious Mental Health Challenges: the Emerge Model”
  Klodnick, V.V., Malina, C., Fagan, M.A. et al. Meeting the Developmental Needs of Young Adults Diagnosed with Serious Mental Health Challenges: the Emerge Model. J Behav Health Serv Res 48, 77–92 (2021).
  
• “Thresholds MindStrong & Emerge Models: Multidisciplinary, feasible, effective & sustainable.”
  Klodnick, V. V., Fagan, M. A., Brenits, A., Gomez, S., Malina, C., Zeidner, E., & Viruet, J. (2019). Thresholds MindStrong & Emerge Models: Multidisciplinary, feasible, effective & sustainable. Focal Point, the Pathways RTC Journal. 
  
• “Developing quality assurance practices and measures for implementing and sustaining the transition to Independence Process TIP Model.”
  Klodnick, V.V., Clark, R., Johnson, R., & Fagan, M. (2019). Developing quality assurance practices and measures for implementing and sustaining the transition to Independence Process TIP Model. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 42(1), 71-78.