About.The STEP Learning Collaborative is a statewide initiative dedicated to improving outcomes for individuals and families impacted by recent onset psychosis.
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Established in 2020.
The STEP Learning Collaborative (formerly the Connecticut Early Psychosis Learning Health Network) is hosted by the program for Specialized Treatment Early in Psychosis (STEP). STEP is a public-academic collaboration between the Connecticut Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services and Yale University Department of Psychiatry.
Since opening its doors in 2006, STEP has been a local and national leader in early psychosis research and treatment. The program recently completed a 5 year, NIH funded, early detection campaign, known as Mindmap. The Mindmap campaign aimed to shorten the time between onset of psychosis and entry into effective treatment (the duration of untreated psychosis, or DUP) in the greater New Haven area.
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In 2020, with the support of various funders (listed below), the STEP Program established the Connecticut Early Psychosis Learning Health network, now the STEP Learning Collaborative, to further the mission of improving the lives of young people impacted by early psychosis across Connecticut.
Our Mission.
The STEP Learning Collaborative's mission is to support workforce development and community education throughout the state of Connecticut to transform access, care quality, and outcomes for individuals and families impacted by recent onset psychosis.
Our Team.
Laura Yoviene Sykes, PhD
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Vinod Srihari, MD
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Maria Ferrara, MD, PhD
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Psychologist & Family Specialist - STEP Program
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine |
Director - STEP Program,
Professor - Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine |
Voluntary Faculty - Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy |
Shannon Imetovski, RN, MPH
Content Expert Clinical Team Leader - STEP Program
Yale School of Medicine 
Cenk Tek, MD
Content Expert Director - STEP Consultation Service
Professor - Dept. of Psychiatry Yale School of Medicine |
Josina James, LCSW
Content Expert Clinical Social Worker - STEP Program
Yale School of Medicine 
Philip Markovich, BA
Early Detection Assessment Coordinator (EDAC) STEP Outreach & Admissions Coordinator
Yale School of Medicine |
Carrie Veillette, LCSW
Content Expert Clinical Social Worker - STEP Program
Yale School of Medicine 
Sumeyra Tayfur, PhD
Early Detection Assessment Coordinator (EDAC) STEP Post-doctoral Associate
Yale School of Medicine |
Our Funders.
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Our Partners.
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What is a 'learning collaborative'?
The STEP Learning Collaborative is a community of organizations and individuals such as: early intervention services, community clinics, mental health providers, educational institutions, youth and community organizations, first-responders, family, consumers, & advocacy groups that work together around the common goal of supporting young people with early psychosis
The STEP Learning Collaborative aims to:
- Provide workforce development of community mental health providers to increase the capacity of early psychosis treatment across Connecticut.
- Support community education and outreach to promote awareness, early detection, and rapid access to care for early psychosis.
- Educate and empower families and caregivers impacted by early psychosis with knowledge, skills and support through workshops and virtual resources
- Better understand the needs of learning collaborative stakeholders through feedback and needs assessment
The STEP Learning Collaborative aims to:
- Provide workforce development of community mental health providers to increase the capacity of early psychosis treatment across Connecticut.
- Support community education and outreach to promote awareness, early detection, and rapid access to care for early psychosis.
- Educate and empower families and caregivers impacted by early psychosis with knowledge, skills and support through workshops and virtual resources
- Better understand the needs of learning collaborative stakeholders through feedback and needs assessment
What is a 'system of care'?
A 'System of Care' is defined as, “a set of activities with a commons set of objectives” (Srihari et al., 2016)
What are 'pathways to (and through) care'?
Pathways are the routes that patients follow through the network, it is what the patient and families experience (e.g., a referral from a PCP to a specialty early psychosis clinic) (Srihari, et al., 2016)
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The STEP Learning Collaborative is a workforce development and community education initiative hosted by the STEP Program. Our mission is to transform access, care quality, and outcomes for individuals and families impacted by recent onset psychosis throughout the state of Connecticut.
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