Abstract
Efforts have been made to remove systemic barriers to community psychiatrists proactively collaborating with family members of the people they treat once consent is granted, but progress has been slow. This article summarizes approaches used to accelerate this progress by the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Leadership Council (PPLC), an initiative funded by the Pennsylvania Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to encourage excellence in public psychiatry. The barriers to family-psychiatrist collaboration targeted by this council include lack of uniformity in family collaboration competencies required for community psychiatrists and lack of incentives in community behavioral health centers. Family inclusion competencies for community psychiatrists endorsed by the state are provided. Steps taken to overcome systemic barriers to family-psychiatrist collaboration by the PPLC's fellowship programs as well as other Pennsylvania coalitions are described and discussed.
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