Delivering collaborative mental health care within supportive housing: implementation evaluation of a community-hospital partnership.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Approaches to address unmet mental health care needs in supportive housing settings are needed. Collaborative approaches to delivering psychiatric care have robust evidence in multiple settings, however such approaches have not been adequately studied in housing settings. This study evaluates the implementation of a shifted outpatient collaborative care initiative in which a psychiatrist was added to existing housing, community mental health, and primary care supports in a women-centered supportive housing complex in Toronto, Canada.

Methods

The initiative was designed and implemented by stakeholders from an academic hospital and from community housing and mental health agencies. Program activities comprised multidisciplinary support for tenants (e.g. multidiscipl

SUBMITTER: Barker LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8756167 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature