Get it Together: How to Integrate Physical and 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. It summarizes findings of a series of studies and offers recommendations
for policymakers.
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Acknowledgements
Get it Together was written by Chris
Koyanagi, Bazelon Center
policy director, and the executive summary was authored by policy analyst
Elaine Alfano; both
were edited and designed by publications director Lee
Carty.
We gratefully acknowledge the support provided by CIGNA
Healthcare and the
Henry
J. Kaiser
Family Foundation, Menlo Park, California, for the research and development
of the publication and the general-program support of the John
D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, which enabled its production.
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The Bazelon Center is the leading national legal-advocacy organization representing
people with mental disabilities. Founded in 1972, the nonprofit organization
uses litigation, public-policy advocacy and technical support for lawyers and
other advocates to establish and advance the rights of adults and children
with mental illness or developmental disabilities who rely on public services
and to ensure their equal access to health and mental health care, education,
housing
and employment.
© Copyright June 2004 Washington DC Judge David L. Bazelon Center for
Mental Health Law.
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