Expert public psychiatrists use case studies to share best-practice strategies in this clinically-oriented introduction to community mental health. Today, the majority of psychiatrists work with people who suffer not only from mental illness, but also from poverty, trauma, social isolation and discrimination. They cannot do this work alone, but instead are part of teams of behavioral health workers navigating larger healthcare and social service systems. In an increasingly complex healthcare environment, mental health clinicians need to master systems-based practice in order to provide optimal care to their patients. The rapid development of public psychiatry training programs is a response to the learning needs of psychiatrists in an evolving system.The book begins with seven foundational principles of public psychiatry: recovery, trauma-informed care, integrated care, cultural humility, harm reduction, systems of care, and financing care, using cases to bring these concepts to life. Then, using a population health framework, cases are used to explore the typical needs of different age groups or vulnerable populations and to illustrate evidence-based/ best practices that have been employed to meet these needs.Common to all of the chapters is a focus on the potential of each person, regardless of illness, to achieve personal goals, supported by a clinician who is also an advocate, activist and leader.

ForewordJules Ranz and Manuel TrujilloPrefaceContributors1. Recovery Orientation As the Clinical MatrixHunter L. McQuistion2. Trauma-Informed CarePaula Panzer and Stephanie Smit-Dillard3. Integrated Health CareJason Cheng and Jeanie Tse4. Cultural HumilityCarissa Caban-Aleman5. Harm ReductionSonal Batra, Noah Villegas, and Erin Zerbo6. Navigating SystemsStephanie Le Melle7. Financing CareAnita Everett8. Early Childhood Mental Health: Prevention and InterventionJ. Rebecca Weis9. School-Based Mental HealthMia Everett10. AdolescenceRachel Mandel and Ruth Gerson11. Transition-Age YouthJeanie Tse, Larissa Lai, and Sharon Sorrentino12. First-Episode PsychosisMarc W. Manseau and Jay Crosby13. Adults With Serious Mental IllnessSerena Yuan Volpp and Patrick Runnels14. The ElderlyDennis Popeo15. FamiliesYu-Heng Guo and Alison M. Heru16. State Psychiatric HospitalsMary Barber, Flavio Casoy, and Rachel Zinns17. Forensic PsychiatrySheku Magona and Tara Straka18. Correctional SettingsElizabeth Ford19. HomelessnessJoanna Fried and Leora Morinis20. Co-Occurring Substance Use DisordersMichael Soule and Hilary S. Connery21. Individuals with Developmental DisabilitiesNina Tioleco, Katharine Stratigos, Anna Silberman, and Agnes Whitaker22. HIV PsychiatryShane S. Spicer23. Refugees and ImmigrantsPoh Choo How, Pachida Lo, Marjorie Westervelt, and Hendry Ton24. Rural CommunitiesRyan P. Pierson and Paulette Marie Gillig25. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ)Laura Erickson-Schroth and Antonia Barba26. US Military VeteransGertie Quitangon