Reimagining Integrated Care: Why Social Interventions are Vital in Providing Support for People with Serious Mental Illness

• By: Kenneth Dudek, MSW Ralph Aquila, MD Fountain House
• October 1st, 2019
• co-occurring conditions, community-based care, integrated healthcare, peer support, recovery-oriented care, serious mental illness, social determinants of health, social interventions
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The concept of “integrated healthcare” has been regarded as an optimal treatment approach for individuals experiencing co-occurring mental and physical illnesses. Twenty years ago, Fountain House – the most widely replicated evidence-based community model for people living with mental illness...

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...

Investing in the Integrated Care Workforce

• By: Andrew Philip, PhD Laura Heath, MD, MPH, NYAM Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC)
• July 1st, 2019
• behavioral health, clinical competency, integrated care, interprofessional collaboration, primary care, serious mental illness, supervision, workforce development
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It is no longer a new idea that the mind and body are intrinsically connected; Socrates via Plato, described this around 360 B.C. Yet, we still separate and silo these aspects of care; treating behavioral health needs like schizophrenia in mental health clinics and physical issues like diabetes in...