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Urgent need for improved mental health care and a more collaborative model of care

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Lake, James, Turner, Mason Spain·2017·The Permanente Journal

Abstract

Current treatments and the dominant model of mental health care do not adequately address the complex challenges of mental illness, which accounts for roughly one-third of adult disability globally. These circumstances call for radical change in the paradigm and practices of mental health care, including improving standards of clinician training, developing new research methods, and re-envisioning current models of mental health care delivery. Because of its dominant position in the US health care marketplace and its commitment to research and innovation, Kaiser Permanente (KP) is strategically positioned to make important contributions that will shape the future of mental health care nationally and globally.This article reviews challenges facing mental health care and proposes an agenda for developing a collaborative care model in primary care settings that incorporates conventional biomedical therapies and complementary and alternative medicine approaches. By moving beyond treatment delivery via telephone and secure video and providing earlier interventions through primary care clinics, KP is shifting the paradigm of mental health care to a collaborative care model focusing on prevention. Recommendations are to expand current practices to include integrative treatment strategies incorporating evidence-based biomedical and complementary and alternative medicine modalities that can be provided to patients using a collaborative care model. Recommendations also are made for an internal research program aimed at investigating the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of promising complementary and alternative medicine and integrative treatments addressing the complex needs of patients with severe psychiatric disorders, many of whom respond poorly to treatments available in KP mental health clinics.

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Authors
Lake, J., & Turner, M. S.
Affiliations
  • Staff Psychiatrist at the Oakland Medical Center in CA at the time this article was written, and is a founding member and former Chair of the American Psychiatric Association Caucus on Complementary and Alternative Medicine. He is the author of four books on integrative mental health care..
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
Venue
The Permanente Journal
Published
2017-12
Volume
21
Issue
4
Pages
17-024
ISSN
  • 1552-5767 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-5775
OpenAlex
W2743504348
Cited by
201
References
48
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 32 · 2021: 37 · 2020: 42 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 1
FWCI
17.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Permanente Journal (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
Keywords
mental health services, collaborative care, primary care integration, complementary and alternative medicine, integrative therapy, mental illness, prevention, Kaiser Permanente, clinician training, cost-effectiveness, severe mental illness
MeSH terms
Complementary Therapies, Mental Disorders, Cooperative Behavior, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Health Services Accessibility, Health Services Research, Humans, Inservice Training, Mental Health Services, Primary Health Care, Telemedicine, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Systems Integration, Patient Safety

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