Integrating Peers in CCBHCs: The Power of Lived Experience

• By: Sarah G. Gilliard, LCSW Services for the UnderServed (S:US)
• April 21st, 2026
• behavioral health integration, CCBHCs, co-occurring disorders, lived experience, multidisciplinary teams, peer support, recovery-oriented care, Spring 2026 Issue, stigma reduction
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Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) have shifted the way we approach treatment and the delivery of behavioral health services. Those who hold the designation of CCBHC have been tasked with providing a person-centered model that combines mental health services, substance use...

Integrating Primary Care into Assertive Community Treatment

• By: Jeanie Tse, MD Institute for Community Living (ICL) Gertie Quitangon, MD Community Healthcare Network (CHN)
• October 1st, 2019
• assertive community treatment, health disparities, home-based healthcare, integrated care, multidisciplinary teams, primary care access, psychiatric care, serious mental illness
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The great health disparities and poor health outcomes experienced by people with serious mental illness are even more significant for the people served by Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams. Individuals are eligible for ACT services if they have been hospitalized more than four times in the...

Integration: A History of Promise

• By: Jason Lippman Jason Lippman Solutions, LLC
• October 1st, 2019
• behavioral health integration, care coordination, mental health services, multidisciplinary teams, primary care collaboration, social determinants of health, substance use treatment, value-based care
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The healthcare system is moving towards integration. However, the passageways for integrating behavioral health with primary care are not so simple or straightforward. Whether one pursues full integration, colocation, or a digitally advanced referral network, providers and health plans are seeking...

BHN Fall 2019 Issue

• October 1st, 2019
• behavioral health integration, care coordination, healthcare systems, integrated care models, multidisciplinary teams, primary care collaboration, service delivery models, whole-person care
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"Examining Models of Integrated Care"   Articles in This...

The NYSPA Report: Spotlight on OnTrackNY – New York’s First-Episode Psychosis Early Intervention Program

• By: Rachel A. Fernbach, Esq. NY State Psychiatric Association (NYSPA)
• January 1st, 2019
• community-based services, coordinated care, early psychosis, family support, mental health treatment, multidisciplinary teams, recovery outcomes, young adults
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OnTrackNY is a coordinated specialty care program for adolescents and young adults who have started experiencing psychotic symptoms. Started in 2013, the program is a joint collaboration of the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH), the New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI), the...