Sydney S. Harris, MHA holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Ball State University and a master's degree in health care administration from Texas Women's University. She has over 15 years of experience in mental health care business operations in the private and public sectors. Sydney focuses on system changes to destigmatize mental healthcare, improve person first and centered care, and connecting the head to the body for a full person mental healthcare approach.Stephen M. Strakowski, MD serves as Associate Vice President, Regional Mental Health and Professor of Psychiatry at the Dell Medical School, University of Texas in Austin. He is Professor and Vice-Chair, Research in the Department of Psychiatry at the IU School of Medicine in Indianapolis. He focuses on providing strategic guidance regarding psychiatric clinical and policy best practices, including mental health care clinical programming, integration with the criminal legal system, and innovative care models. Dr. Strakowski graduated from University of Notre Dame with a BSE and received his MD from Vanderbilt. He completed psychiatry training in the Harvard system at McLean Hospital in Belmont, MA.

• Preface List of Contributors Part I. Designing for Mental Health Care 1. The Need for an Improved Mental Health Care System Gary M. Blau, John Petrila, and Andy Keller 2. The Mental Health System: Living through the Experience Greg Hansch, Matthew Lovitt, and Sheriyar Hyderali 3. The Intersection Between the Mental Health and the Legal Systems Steve Leifman and Tim Coffey 4. Funding and Connecting Disjointed Mental Health Services to Ensure the Right Services, the First Time Deborah Cohen and Vanessa Klodnick 5. Reframing the Wicked Problem of Brain Health Care Through Design Katherine Jones Part II. Redesigning the Mental Health System in Real Life 6. The Architecture of a Modern Psychiatric Facility Francis Murdock Pitts 7. Building New Hospitals in Texas Timothy E. Bray and Sydney S. Harris 8. Improving Access through Collaboration and Consultation in Washington State Jürgen Unützer and Rebecca Sladek 9. Optimizing Scarce Resources through Collaboration: The Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program Deepika Shaligram, Barry Sarvet, and John H. Straus 10. Redesigning Health Care: The Future of Aging and Mental Health Rachel N. Sava, Serim Tarcan, and Ipsit V. Vahia 11. Health Inequalities in the Mental Health System Octavio N. Martinez, Jr. 12. Funding Mental Health Care in the United States: A Story of Unhealthy Complexity Todd A. Olmstead, Kathleen A. Casey, David Weden, Ginny Stuckey, and David Evans 13. Telemedicine Advancements: Connecting People Conveniently Umair M. Hemani, Mari Robinson, and Alexander Vo 14. Pulling it All Together: Solutions for the US Mental Health System Sydney S. Harris and Stephen M. Strakowski ndex

Sydney S. Harris, MHA holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Ball State University and a master's degree in health care administration from Texas Women's University. She has over 15 years of experience in mental health care business operations in the private and public sectors. Sydney focuses on system changes to destigmatize mental healthcare, improve person first and centered care, and connecting the head to the body for a full person mental healthcare approach.Stephen M. Strakowski, MD serves as Associate Vice President, Regional Mental Health and Professor of Psychiatry at the Dell Medical School, University of Texas in Austin. He is Professor and Vice-Chair, Research in the Department of Psychiatry at the IU School of Medicine in Indianapolis. He focuses on providing strategic guidance regarding psychiatric clinical and policy best practices, including mental health care clinical programming, integration with the criminal legal system, and innovative care models. Dr. Strakowski graduated from University of Notre Dame with a BSE and received his MD from Vanderbilt. He completed psychiatry training in the Harvard system at McLean Hospital in Belmont, MA.

• Preface List of Contributors Part I. Designing for Mental Health Care 1. The Need for an Improved Mental Health Care System Gary M. Blau, John Petrila, and Andy Keller 2. The Mental Health System: Living through the Experience Greg Hansch, Matthew Lovitt, and Sheriyar Hyderali 3. The Intersection Between the Mental Health and the Legal Systems Steve Leifman and Tim Coffey 4. Funding and Connecting Disjointed Mental Health Services to Ensure the Right Services, the First Time Deborah Cohen and Vanessa Klodnick 5. Reframing the Wicked Problem of Brain Health Care Through Design Katherine Jones Part II. Redesigning the Mental Health System in Real Life 6. The Architecture of a Modern Psychiatric Facility Francis Murdock Pitts 7. Building New Hospitals in Texas Timothy E. Bray and Sydney S. Harris 8. Improving Access through Collaboration and Consultation in Washington State Jürgen Unützer and Rebecca Sladek 9. Optimizing Scarce Resources through Collaboration: The Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program Deepika Shaligram, Barry Sarvet, and John H. Straus 10. Redesigning Health Care: The Future of Aging and Mental Health Rachel N. Sava, Serim Tarcan, and Ipsit V. Vahia 11. Health Inequalities in the Mental Health System Octavio N. Martinez, Jr. 12. Funding Mental Health Care in the United States: A Story of Unhealthy Complexity Todd A. Olmstead, Kathleen A. Casey, David Weden, Ginny Stuckey, and David Evans 13. Telemedicine Advancements: Connecting People Conveniently Umair M. Hemani, Mari Robinson, and Alexander Vo 14. Pulling it All Together: Solutions for the US Mental Health System Sydney S. Harris and Stephen M. Strakowski ndex

Sydney S. Harris, MHA holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Ball State University and a master's degree in health care administration from Texas Women's University. She has over 15 years of experience in mental health care business operations in the private and public sectors. Sydney focuses on system changes to destigmatize mental healthcare, improve person first and centered care, and connecting the head to the body for a full person mental healthcare approach.Stephen M. Strakowski, MD serves as Associate Vice President, Regional Mental Health and Professor of Psychiatry at the Dell Medical School, University of Texas in Austin. He is Professor and Vice-Chair, Research in the Department of Psychiatry at the IU School of Medicine in Indianapolis. He focuses on providing strategic guidance regarding psychiatric clinical and policy best practices, including mental health care clinical programming, integration with the criminal legal system, and innovative care models. Dr. Strakowski graduated from University of Notre Dame with a BSE and received his MD from Vanderbilt. He completed psychiatry training in the Harvard system at McLean Hospital in Belmont, MA.

• Preface List of Contributors Part I. Designing for Mental Health Care 1. The Need for an Improved Mental Health Care System Gary M. Blau, John Petrila, and Andy Keller 2. The Mental Health System: Living through the Experience Greg Hansch, Matthew Lovitt, and Sheriyar Hyderali 3. The Intersection Between the Mental Health and the Legal Systems Steve Leifman and Tim Coffey 4. Funding and Connecting Disjointed Mental Health Services to Ensure the Right Services, the First Time Deborah Cohen and Vanessa Klodnick 5. Reframing the Wicked Problem of Brain Health Care Through Design Katherine Jones Part II. Redesigning the Mental Health System in Real Life 6. The Architecture of a Modern Psychiatric Facility Francis Murdock Pitts 7. Building New Hospitals in Texas Timothy E. Bray and Sydney S. Harris 8. Improving Access through Collaboration and Consultation in Washington State Jürgen Unützer and Rebecca Sladek 9. Optimizing Scarce Resources through Collaboration: The Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program Deepika Shaligram, Barry Sarvet, and John H. Straus 10. Redesigning Health Care: The Future of Aging and Mental Health Rachel N. Sava, Serim Tarcan, and Ipsit V. Vahia 11. Health Inequalities in the Mental Health System Octavio N. Martinez, Jr. 12. Funding Mental Health Care in the United States: A Story of Unhealthy Complexity Todd A. Olmstead, Kathleen A. Casey, David Weden, Ginny Stuckey, and David Evans 13. Telemedicine Advancements: Connecting People Conveniently Umair M. Hemani, Mari Robinson, and Alexander Vo 14. Pulling it All Together: Solutions for the US Mental Health System Sydney S. Harris and Stephen M. Strakowski ndex