Abstract
The United States’ current healthcare delivery system is not prepared to address the expanding behavioral health (BH) crisis without treatment of upstream social determinants that contribute to downstream BH exacerbations. Medical Legal Partnerships (MLP) utilize lessons from integrated BH to create efficiencies, augment the reach of the current BH workforce, network community resources, and likely provide BH prevention at the family unit. Payment policy changes are needed, however, to provide sustainable access to these services. The current surge of federal and state funding for BH care needs may provide the policy window necessary to sustainably fund MLP lawyers as a novel, highimpact, professional on the integrated healthcare team.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 609-612 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Families, Systems and Health |
Volume | 40 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2022 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Integrated behavioral health
- Policy
- Social determinants of health
- Workforce
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Applied Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health