Partnerships for Mental Health: Narratives of Community and Academic Collaboration

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Dedications

Foreword. Partnerships Between Academic Medical Centers and Community-Based Organizations Enhance the Mission and Impact of Each

Preface

Introduction. Beginning with a Single Step

Narrative 1. The Stanford-Santa Clara County Methamphetamine Task Force

Narrative 2. Building Relationships with At-Risk Populations: A Community Engagement Approach for Longitudinal Research

Narrative 3. The Center for Youth Wellness: A Community-based Approach to Holistic Health Care in San Francisco

Narrative 4. The Cambodian Lotus Thrives under a California Sun: Partnership between a Mental Health Clinic and a Khmer Buddhist Temple

Narrative 5. Kombis, Brothels, and Violence Against Women: Building Global Health Partnerships to Address Women's Health and Empowerment

Narrative 6. Creating a National Native Tele behavioral Health Network: The IHS Tele behavioral Health Center of Excellence

Narrative 7. The Program of Assertive Community Treatment and the University of Wisconsin Department of Psychiatry

Narrative 8. Laughing at the Rain

Narrative 9. From the Ivory Tower to the Real World: Translating an Evidence-Based Intervention for Latino Dementia Family Caregivers into a Community Setting

Narrative 10. Implementing a Peer Support Program for Veterans: Seeking new models for the provision of community based outpatient services for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use Disorders

Narrative 11. A Journey of Mutual Growth: Mental Health Awareness in the Muslim Community

Narrative 12. The Intercultural Psychiatric Program at Oregon Health and Science University

Narrative 13. Engaging Schools in Mental Health Partnerships

Narrative 14. The Earthquake

Narrative 15. Voices of Experience: Questions and Answers