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Goal reached and exceeded! : Looking ahead

March 18, 2016

To our amazing backers,

We are humbled and inspired by your continuing interest and support, including from new backers, and even after we have reached our goal. Today we are at 129% over our goal, with 7 days to go before the deadline!

We were striving just to reach the goal, as projects are not funded at all unless the goal is reached by the deadline. Then, and only then, are backers’ credit card pledges actually charged. So we are relieved and happy about this outcome.

We would like you to know that we will use the extra funds to make the follow-up part of the study even stronger by redoubling our efforts to include as many former guests as we possibly can into it.Specifically, we pay a modest “thank you” each time to former guests who complete the telephone interviews at 6 months, 12 months, and 36 months after leaving Gould Farm. They report that they enjoy being contacted and updating us on their recovery, and that the token of our appreciation for their time is also very helpful. The more people we can include and keep in the study over that three year follow-up period, the more complete will be our understanding of recovery trajectories.

So, thank you very much for your support and trust. We look forward to keeping you posted as the work gets going over the next several months.

Most sincerely, Laurie and Ellen

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  • Laurie Heatherington
    Laurie HeatheringtonResearcher
    Dear Lorri, Your support sustains and encourages us in this work, which is ongoing. Thank you!! Laurie
    Oct 23, 2019
  • Laurie Heatherington
    Laurie HeatheringtonResearcher
    Thank you very much, Sherry!
    Aug 14, 2019
  • CamilleRHarry
    CamilleRHarry
    Nice post.
    May 30, 2019
  • Laurie Heatherington
    Laurie HeatheringtonResearcher
    Then you very much, Renee! -- and everyone, for your support. We continue the work, with gratitude and inspiration from everyone involved most especially the Gould Farm guests and former guests who have provided advice on the study itself as well as participating in it. Laurie
    Feb 02, 2019
  • Cindy Wu
    Cindy WuBacker
    Congratulations Laurie and Ellen! 🎉
    Mar 18, 2016

About This Project

We study treatment outcomes at Gould Farm, a residential program for people with mental illness, and have found that psychiatric symptoms and overall functioning improve significantly after treatment. Now, we wish to expand our methods of measuring recovery. We will use focus groups to study patients'/families' opinions about the meaningful indicators of progress to them, beyond symptom improvement. This data will help us design new state-of-the-art interview questions for the ongoing research.

Blast off!

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