Interdisciplinary Models of Care

Integrated, interdisciplinary care is essential to address the multiple and complex needs of displaced people. Navigating fragmented systems of care is often impossible for these individuals, particularly those who are ill. HCH providers understand that health care and other basic needs are interrelated, and strive to address each client’s needs holistically through the use of multidisciplinary clinical teams. Integration of primary care with the treatment of mental illness and substance use disorders is a hallmark of HCH practice, and efforts to secure housing, entitlements, and jobs are intrinsic to this approach.

HEALING HANDS ARTICLES

Healing Hands | May 2006 | Integrating Primary & Behavioral Health Care for Homeless People
Healing Hands | August 1999 | Integrated, Interdisciplinary Models of Care

THE HCH MODEL OF CARE

Comprehensive Services to Meet Complex Needs A brochure produced by the National Health Care for the Homeless Council that briefly describes the connection between homelessness and poor health, and explains how HCH projects are working to alleviate both of these conditions.
The Comprehensive Response A history of the Federal Health Care for the Homeless Program and the rationale for its coordinated, comprehensive approach to services, provided online by the Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services Administration.

INTEGRATING PRIMARY & BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE

Integration of Primary Care & Behavioral Health: Report on a Roundtable Discussion of Strategies for Private Health Insurance | Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law | 2004
Get it Together: How to Integrate Physical & Mental Health Care for People with Serious Mental Disorders | Get it Together examines model programs for improving integration and coordination of behavioral health and primary health services for adults and children with serious mental disorders who rely on the public mental health system for their care | Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law | 2004