Transgender people face numerous barriers when utilizing health care in the United States.
The current study sought to highlight transgender consumer perspectives in order to present …

Background There is a growing body of research highlighting the potential benefits of
integrated care as a way of addressing the needs of people with alcohol and other drug …

Objective: Behavioral health homes provide primary care health services to patients with
serious mental illness treated in community mental health settings. The objective of this …

Background Individuals with severe mental illness (eg, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder) die
10–25 years earlier than the general population, primarily from premature cardiovascular …

Objective: Despite the high prevalence of mental disorders in Mexico, minimal mental health
services are available and there are large gaps in mental health treatment. Community …

It is still unclear what the optimal structure of mental health care networks should be. We
examine whether certain types of network structure have been associated with improved …

Objective: Assertive community treatment (ACT) is one of the few evidence-based practices
for adults with severe mental illness. Interest has slowly waned for ACT implementation. Yet …

Integrated healthcare is recommended to deliver care to individuals with co-occurring
medical and mental health conditions. This literature review was conducted to identify the …

We evaluated the relationship between lack of a primary care physician (PCP) and patients
with severe mental illness (SMI), who have poorer health and experience more suffering …

Individuals with chronic mental illness and addiction have poorer health outcomes than the
general population, largely because of preventable medical conditions. 1, 2 Early onset and …