Eager to build an integrated community-based mental health system, in 2004 China started
the '686 Programme', whose purpose was to integrate hospital and community services for …

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 …

Objectives: Individuals with serious mental illness (SMI)(major depressive disorder, bipolar
disorder, schizophrenia), and diabetes (DM), face significant challenges in managing their …

Primary care physicians have assumed an increasingly important role in US outpatient
mental health care. They are providing an increasing volume of outpatient mental health …

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

Background For the last four decades, there has been a shift in mental healthcare toward
more rehabilitation and following a more humanistic and comprehensive vision on recovery …

People with serious mental illness die 10–20 years earlier, compared with the overall
population, and the excess mortality is driven by undertreated physical health conditions. In …

Objective: This evaluation was designed to assess the impact of providing integrated
primary and mental health care on utilization and costs for outpatient medical, inpatient …